The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

Take your job seriously, but not yourself

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

The only things worth counting on are people you can count on.

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Beware the military-industrial complex.

It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.

If our founding fathers were alive today, they'd roll over in their graves.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

Pessimism never won any battle.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.