War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.

One minute I'm exactly what Churchill described me the most powerful man in history. Now the Order's given, hell; I'm just audience front row center to the shoe. But a Corporal on Juno, a Private on Utah there the ones who will affect the outcome not me. It's up to them now.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

The winning of war - the effectiveness in such things - is in the heart, in the determination, in the faith. It is in our beliefs in our country, in our God, everything that goes to make up America.

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.