The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.
This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.
No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Accomplishment, like life, will prove to be a journey, not a destination.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
