"The United States never lost a soldier or a foot of ground in my administration. We kept the peace. People asked how it happened—by God, it didn't just happen, I'll tell you that."

"The only thing more difficult than leading men is leading women."

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"I firmly believe that the only way to meet the challenge of the future is to face it with courage and with confidence."