The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

God, I hate the Germans.

If Berlin fell, the US would lose Europe, and if Europe fell into the hands of the Soviet Union and thus added its great industrial plant to the USSR's already great industrial plant, the United States would be reduced to the character of a garrison state if it were to survive at all.

There is one thing about being President -- nobody can tell you when to sit down.

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

No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.