The President's News Conference
04/20/1949
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There is going to come a time now when people are going to be sorry that they ever saw a soldier or a sailor or a marine.
Don't let that worry you.
It is a pleasure and a privilege to me today to pay you an official visit as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States...
My definition of leadership is.' It is that quality which can make other men do what they do not want to do, and like it.