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

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military services and who will have little understanding of where slashes in their estimates can be made with little or no damage. If that should happen while we still have the state of tension that now exists in the world, I shudder to think of what could happen in this country

It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.