The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

We are particularly thankful to you for your part in the movement to have the words under God added to our Pledge of Allegiance. These words will remind Americans that despite our great physical strength we must remain humble. They will help us keep constantly in our minds and hearts the spiritual and moral principles which alone give dignity to man.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

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