When I read that we will fight the Japs for years if necessary and will sacrifice hundreds of thousands if we must, I always like to check from where he's talking: it's seldom out here. (While on Naval duty in the Pacific, 1943; quoted by Paul Fussell.)

Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.