Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
From 1941 to 1945 we won a war by enlisting the whole-hearted support of all our people and all our resources.
I've been to war, and I know the consequences and sacrifice it takes. If we must fight, we fight to win.
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.
I'm glad I never went to war.
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.
Never go to war unless your willing to win.
The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.