I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall

First of all, it is clear that our efforts in Korea can blunt the will of the Chinese Communists to continue the struggle. The United Nations forces have put up a tremendous fight in Korea and have inflicted very heavy casualties on the enemy. Our forces are stronger now than they have been before. These are plain facts which may discourage the Chinese Communists from continuing their attack.

...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.

I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.

Believe and you're halfway there.

The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.