Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver. . . or came closer to being God's will on earth.

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.

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 are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.

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.

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

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.