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

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

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.

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

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.