Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.

I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be any danger of our government running America in the wrong way.

The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy. ... Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.