Duty, Honor, Country. Those Three Hallowed Words

I Have Every Confidence In The Ultimate Success Of Our Joint Cause; But Success In Modern War Requires Something More Than Courage And A Willingness To Die: It Requires Careful Preparation.

The World Has Turned Over Many Times Since I Took The Oath On The Plain At West Point?but I Still Remember The Refrain Of One Of The Most Popular Ballads Of That Day Which Proclaimed Most Proudly That Old Soldiers Never Die; They Just Fade Away.

Believe Me, Sir, Never A Night Goes By, Be I Ever So Tired, But I Read The Word Of God Before I Go To Bed.

Years May Wrinkle The Skin, But To Give Up Interest Wrinkles The Soul. You Are As Young As Your Faith, As Old As Your Doubt; As Young As Your Self-confidence, As Old As Your Fear; As Young As Your Hope As Old As Your Despair. In The Central Place Of Every Heart There Is A Recording Chamber. So Long As It Receives Messages Of Beauty, Hope, Cheer And Courage, So Long Are You Young. When Your Heart Is Covered With The Snows Of Pessimism And The Ice Of Cynicism, Then, And Then Only, Are You Grown Old. And Then, Indeed As The Ballad Says, You Just Fade Away

I Know War As Few Other Men Now Living Know It, And Nothing To Me Is More Revolting. I Have Long Advocated Its Complete Abolition, As Its Very Destructiveness On Both Friend And Foe Has Rendered It Useless As A Means Of Settling International Disputes... But Once War Is Forced Upon Us, There Is No Other Alternative Than To Apply Every Available Means To Bring It To A Swift End.