You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

I know something about that war, and I never want to see that history repeated. But, my fellow Americans, it certainly can be repeated if the peace-loving democratic nations again fearfully practice a policy of standing idly by while big aggressors use armed force to conquer the small and weak.

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon.

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