Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself.
In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.
The eyes of the world are upon you...
Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.
There can be no true disarmament without peace, and there can be no real peace without very material disarmament.
The building of such a peace is a bold and solemn purpose. To proclaim it is easy. To serve it will be hard. And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning – and ready to pay its full price.
We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.
Of course Overlord did not fail. How could it? With some many fine young men and women from all corners of the earth all determined to do their best to free a world gone half mad.
You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?
For all that we cherish and justly desire – for ourselves or for our children – the securing of peace is the first requisite.
We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.
We cannot risk living all our lives under emergency measures.
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.
The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.
I have said time and again there is no place on this earth to which I would not travel, there is no chore I would not undertake if I had any faintest hope that, by so doing, I would promote the general cause of world peace.
For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple – this single – this exclusive goal.
The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.