It seems to be hard wired into our pleasure centres to move to music.

I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America of the character of the problem and the remedies to be applied. ... It is virtually impossible at this distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment.

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.