Preparedness Is The Key To Success And

There Is Not One Incident In The History Of Humanity In Which Defeatism Led To Peace Which Was Anything Other Than A Complete Fraud.

My Staff Was Unanimous In Believing That Japan Was On The Point Of Collapse And Surrender.

Competitive Sports Keep Alive In Us A Spirit And Vitality. Sports Teach The Strong To Know When They Are Weak And The Brave To Face Themselves When They Are Afraid; To Be Proud And Unbowed In Defeat, And Yet Humble And Gentle In Victory; To Master Ourselves Before We Attempt To Master Others; To Learn To Laugh, Yet Never Forget How To Weep; And To Give The Predominance Of Courage Over Timidity.

However Horrible The Incidents Of War May Be, The Soldier Who Is Called Upon To Offer And To Give His Life For His Country Is The Noblest Development Of Mankind.

I Address You With Neither Rancor Nor Bitterness In The Fading Twilight Of Life, With But One Purpose In Mind: To Serve My Country. The Issues Are Global And So Interlocked That To Consider The Problems Of One Sector, Oblivious To Those Of Another, Is But To Court Disaster For The Whole. While Asia Is Commonly Referred To As The Gateway To Europe, It Is No Less True That Europe Is The Gateway To Asia, And The Broad Influence Of The One Cannot Fail To Have Its Impact Upon The Other.