The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.

Unless some effective world supergovernment for the purpose of preventing war can be set up ... the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ....If .... it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.

The one who cannot see that on Earth a big endeavor is taking place, an important plan, on which realization we are allowed to collaborate as faithful servants, certainly has to be blind.

Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.