There is a widespread understanding among the people of this nation, and probably among the people of the world, that there is no safety except through the prevention of war.

Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.

No human being can ever "own" another, whether in friendship, love, marriage or parenthood. Many human relationships have been ruined and happiness far too often changed to misery by a failure to understand this.