The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperation among nations, can be fortified not by weapons of war but by wheat and cotton, by milk and wool, by meat and timber, and by rice. These are words that translate into every language.

The people of Israel, like those of the United States, are imbued with a religious faith and a sense of moral values

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

I have spent my life in the study of military strength as a deterrent to war, and in the character of military armaments necessary to win a war. The study of the first of these questions is still profitable, but we are rapidly getting to the point that no war can be won.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is determined to destroy the creators.

Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.