The weakest must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield.

There is - in world affairs - a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

The praises of enemies are always to be suspected. A man of honor will not permit himself to be flattered by them, except when they are given after the cessation of hostilities.

The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength - and strength alone.

No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.