I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

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

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job- not a calling.

You don’t get to rewind your life like a tape and splice it back together, pretending it never knotted and tore, when it did and you know it did.

God save me from another such victory.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.

The egotism of woman is always for two.

So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being.

Clarity breeds mastery. And the goals you set drive the actions you'll take.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.