I must have assistants who will solve their own problems and tell me later what they've done.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct meaning of the term - of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.

We are in the middle of a world revolution, and I don't mean Communism. The revolution I'm talking about is that of the little, poor people all over the world. They're beginning to learn what there is in life, and to learn what they are missing.

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars.