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The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

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Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

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The choice is between acting with energy or losing by default.

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When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

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I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

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Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

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If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

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It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

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Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

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I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president.

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The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

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Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

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On World War II:
We could not indulge in a Seven Years War. A king can perhaps do that, but you cannot have such a protracted struggle in a democracy in the face of mounting casualties.

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The United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.

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We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

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