The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. It is virtually impossible at this distance to grasp at all the real significance of the situation.

I am certain that a solution of the general problem of peace must rest on broad and basic understanding on the part of its peoples. Great single endeavors like a League of Nations, a United Nations, and undertakings of that character, are of great importance and in fact absolutely necessary, but they must be treated as steps toward the desired end.

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.

I find it hard even now not to look on your North African strategy with a jaundiced eye. Cross Channel operations for the liberation of France and advance on Germany, we should finish the war quicker. Yes, probably, but not the way we hope to finish it.

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