We can for example be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles with some scattering of others.

My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me some others I have to send out out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive but that's just the way it is.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride namely that none should account himself better before God than others though perhaps adorned with greater gifts and endowments.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches but they mean the riches possessed by others.