Madam, If You Were My Wife, I

The Very First Thing The President [truman] Did Was To Show Me The New Presidential Seal, Which He Had Just Redesigned. He Explained, 'the Seal Has To Go Everywhere The President Goes. It Must Be Displayed Upon The Lectern When He Speaks. The Eagle Used To Face The Arrows But I Have Re-designed It So That It Now Faces The Olive Branches ... What Do You Think?' I Said, 'mr. President, With The Greatest Respect, I Would Prefer The American Eagle's Neck To Be On A Swivel So That It Could Face The Olive Branches Or The Arrows, As The Occasion Might Demand.'

The Element Of The Unexpected And The Unforeseeable Is What Gives Some Of Its Relish To Life And Saves Us From Falling Into The Mechanical Thralldom Of The Logicians.

What Kind Of People Do They [the Japanese] Think We Are?

The Navy Can Lose Us The War, But Only The Air Force Can Win It. The Fighters Are Our Salvation, But The Bombers Alone Provide The Means Of Victory.

The Salvation Of The Common People Of Every Race And Of Every Land From War Or Servitude Must Be Established On Solid Foundations And Must Be Guarded By The Readiness Of All Men And Women To Die Rather Than Submit To Tyranny.