In vast stretches of the earth, men awoke today in hunger. They will spend the day in unceasing toil. And as the sun goes down they will still know hunger. They will see suffering in the eyes of their children. Many despair that their labor will ever decently shelter their families or protect them against disease. So long as this is so, peace and freedom will be in danger throughout our world. For wherever free men lose hope of progress, liberty will be weakened and the seeds of conflict will be sown.

Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

. . .a sense of humor can be a great help-particularly a sense of humor about (oneself). William Howard Taft joked about his own corpulence and people loved it; took nothing from his inherent dignity. Lincoln eased tense moments with bawdy stories, and often poked fun at himself-and history honors him for this human quality. A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.