I say when you get into a war, you should win as quick as you can, because your losses become a function of the duration of the war. I believe when you get in a war, get everything you need and win it.
I come from the very heart of America.
Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.
Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.
The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.
You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
Why don’t you lay the footpaths where the students want to walk?
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.
Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.
There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and ‘My, you’re looking good!’
Don’t join the book burners!
Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.
In most communities it is illegal to cry ‘fire’ in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.
The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.
We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.