We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose - the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light-a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle.