The patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate.

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

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.

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.

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

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