If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

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

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly obscure wording. When a person writes to the Veterans Administration, he is entitled to an easily understood, frank, and courteous reply. If our replies cannot be understood, they are not only not worth writing, but they simply create additional work.

We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live.