“The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has.” (President Truman, from his news conference on November 30, 1950)

“I could have won the war in Korea in a maximum of 10 days....I would have dropped between 30 and 50 atomic bombs on his air bases and other depots strung across the neck of Manchuria....For at least 60 years there could have been no land invasion of Korea from the north. The enemy could not have marched across that radiated belt.” (From “Texts

of Accounts by Lucas and Considine on Interviews with MacArthur in 1954” in the New York Times, April 9, 1964)

“I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President…I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a [gun], although he was, but that’s not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.” (Harry S. Truman, as quoted in Time magazine’s article

“Historical Notes: Giving Them More Hell,” December 3, 1973)

John 21:1-19 (ESV): “After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus….”

“…5 Jesus said to them, ‘Children, do you have any fish?’ They answered him, ‘No.’ 6 He said to them, ‘Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’ When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea….”

“…8 The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. 9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ Now none of the disciples dared ask him, ‘Who are you?’ They knew it was the Lord….”

“…13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ 16 He said to him a second time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’…”

“…17 He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.’…”

“…19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ 20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, ‘Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?’ 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about this man?’ 22 Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!’”

Mark 8:31-33 (ESV): “And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.’”

Matthew 26:33-35 (ESV): “Peter answered him, ‘Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.’ 34 Jesus said to him, ‘Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.’ 35 Peter said to him, ‘Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!’ And all the disciples said the same.”

John 18:10 (ESV): “Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)”

Luke 22:51 (ESV): “But Jesus said, ‘No more of this!’ And he touched his ear and healed him.”

Luke 22:56-62 (ESV): “Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, ‘This man also was with him.’ 57 But he denied it, saying, ‘Woman, I do not know him.’ 58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, ‘You also are one of them.’ But Peter said, ‘Man, I am not.’ 59 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, ‘Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.’ 60 But Peter said, ‘Man, I do not know what you are talking about.’ And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.’ 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.”

Romans 4:5 (ESV): “And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.”

“We discussed the right name of the war. I said that we called it now The War, but that this could not last. The Napoleonic War was The Great War. To call it The German War was too much flattery for the Boche. I suggested The World War as a shade better title, and finally we mutually agreed to call it The First World War in order to prevent the millennium folk from forgetting that the history of the world was the history of war.” (From Charles Repington’s journal entry on September 10, 1918)

THERE’S NO CONTROL BUT SELF-CONTROL.

Revelation 1:8 (ESV): “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’”

Hebrews 2:8 (ESV): “Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control.”

1 Peter 4:7 (ESV): “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.”

2 Peter 1:5-6 (ESV): “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control.”

BE AN ALPHA WITH YOUR SQUAD BUT A BETA WITH YOUR GOD.

John 6:37-38 (ESV): “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.”

2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV): “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”