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Tell him anything so long as it's the truth.

— William D. Leahy

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Everybody may have peace if they are willing to pay any price for it. Part of this any price is slavery, dishonor of your women, destruction of your homes, denial of your God.

I did not see Julius Caesar's return to Rome, but I am sure that in comparison it looked like a deuce of spades.

In the Pacific we gave our enemies a costly lesson in amphibious warfare, just as in Europe we, with our allies, demonstrated successful coalition warfare. The performance of all branches of the services in Europe under General Eisenhower, in the central and southern Pacific under Admiral Nimitz, and in the southwestern Pacific under General MacArthur brought glory to themselves and to their country.

I Was There (1950)

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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