Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

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 world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.