"I do not intend for 'honor, courage, and commitment' to be just words; I expect them to frame the way that we live and act."

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They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We do not go to war for gain or for territory; we go to war for principles, and we produce young men like these. I think I told every one of them that I would rather have that medal, the Congressional Medal of Honor, than to be President of the United States.

— Harry S. Truman