In this war, which was total in every sense of the word, we have seen many great changes in military science. It seems to me that not the least of these was the development of psychological warfare as a specific and effective weapon.
Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.
How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.