"Because the American people have traditionally taken a warlike, but not military, attitude to battle, and because the…"

"Yet every democratic government is reluctant to face the fact. Reservists and citizen-soldiers stand ready, in every …"

"It is the nature of peoples to see the ancient foes, and to ignore those newly arising."

"America is rich and fat and very, very noticeable in this world. It is a forlorn hope that we should be left alone."

"Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable."

"Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, …"

"If war is to have any meaning at all, its purpose must be to establish control over peoples and territories, and ulti…"

"To continue to utilize the forces of our Air and Navy without an effective ground element cannot be decisive."

"There had been many brave men in the ranks, but they were learning that bravery of itself has little to do with succe…"

"The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary."