“By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.”

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.

The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.

He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…

WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?

However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.

To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.

The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.

Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.