To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of a grateful Nation. As one of the Nation's finest, you undertook the most severe task one can be called upon to perform. Because you demonstrated the fortitude, resourcefulness and calm judgment necessary to carry out that task, we now look to you for leadership and example to further exalting our country in peace.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.

I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.