Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

It is well for us to pause, to acknowledge our debt to those who paid so large a share of freedom's price.

The building of such a peace is a bold and solemn purpose. To proclaim it is easy. To serve it will be hard. And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning - and ready to pay its full price.

I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal safety in an emergency, and for many it is the primary weapon of offence and defense. Expertness in its use cannot be over emphasized.

If you are waging peace, you can't be too particular sometimes about the special attitudes that different countries take. We were a young country once, and our whole policy for the first 150 years was, we were neutral.