"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

"I'm not a man given to making rash decisions. I think things through carefully."

"The greatest danger that faces us today is not from some foreign foe, but from within ourselves."

"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."

"I can't tell you how many times I've walked down a street and someone has said, 'Hey, general, how's the war going?' And I've had to say, 'I don't know, I'm just the President.'"