The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable to me as it quite evidently appears to others. I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war. ... The cost of war in human lives is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. I am deeply moved to find some means or method of avoiding another calamity of war.

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.

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.

The United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.

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