We Are Not Retreating - We Are

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

I Promise To Keep On Living As Though I Expected To Live Forever. Nobody Grows Old By Merely Living A Number Of Years. People Grow Old Only Be Deserting Their Ideals. Years May Wrinkle The Skin, But To Give Up Interest Wrinkles The Soul.

Part Of The American Dream Is To Live Long And Die Young. Only Those Americans Who Are Willing To Die For Their Country Are Fit To Live.

Never Give An Order That Can't Be Obeyed.

Here Are Centered The Hopes And Aspirations And Faith Of The Entire Human Race. I Do Not Stand Here As Advocate For Any Partisan Cause, For The Issues Are Fundamental And Reach Quite Beyond The Realm Of Partisan Consideration. They Must Be Resolved On The Highest Plane Of National Interest If Our Course Is To Prove Sound And Our Future Protected. I Trust, Therefore, That You Will Do Me The Justice Of Receiving That Which I Have To Say As Solely Expressing The Considered Viewpoint Of A Fellow American.