For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength - and strength alone.

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.

The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.