Let Us Pray That Peace

Give Me Ten Thousand Filipino Soldiers And I Will Conquer The World.

While I Was Not Consulted Prior To The President's Decision To Intervene In Support Of The Republic Of Korea, That Decision From A Military Standpoint, Proved A Sound One, As We Hurled Back The Invader And Decimated His Forces. Our Victory Was Complete, And Our Objectives Within Reach, When Red China Intervened With Numerically Superior Ground Forces.

Security Lies In Our Ability To Produce.

Blank Cartridges Should Never Be Used Against A Mob, Nor Should A Volley Be Fired Over The Heads Of The Mob Even If There Is Little Danger Of Hurting Persons In The Rear. Such Things Will Be Regarded As An Admission Of Weakness, Or An Attempt To Bluff, And May Do More Harm Than Good.

We Have Known The Bitterness Of Defeat And The Exultation Of Triumph, And From Both We Have Learned There Can Be No Turning Back. We Must Go Forward To Preserve In Peace What We Won In War. A New Era Is Upon Us. Even The Lesson Of Victory Itself Brings With It Profound Concern, Both For Our Future Security And The Survival Of Civilization. The Destructiveness Of The War Potential, Through Progressive Advances In Scientific Discovery, Has In Fact Now Reached A Point Which Revises The Traditional Concepts Of War.