We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual war and to insure survival in event of attack. This alertness to danger has to be translated into specific policies and activities in the several parts of the world where our rights - our way of life - can be seriously damaged. Work of this kind occupies my days and nights.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.