Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.

We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security forces to defend a way of life.

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