These are bad days for all of us who remember always that when real world forces come into conflict, the final result is never as dark as we mortals guess it in very difficult days.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.

As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.

No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today -- social, political, or economic -- that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.

All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.