Fortunately for us and our world, youth is not easily discouraged. Youth with its clear vista and boundless faith and optimism is uninhibited by the thousands of considerations that always bedevil man in his progress. The hopes of the world rest on the flexibility, vigor, capacity for new thought, and the fresh outlook of the young.

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

The next time you see one of those squirrels go near my putting green, take a gun and shoot it

Pessimism never won any battle.

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.