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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

Douglas MacArthur

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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Again Battlefield City Crash Dream Gun Here Mournful Mutter Rattle Strange
In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Substitute Victory War
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
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Clean Confront Define Directly Fundamental Involve Issue Nation Republic Survival Today
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Decay Economical Fail History More Nation Pass Political Precedent Record Single Subject
In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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Both Enormous Mutual Side Suicide Wage War
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Brave Build Enough Face Himself Son Strong Weak
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Broken Hide Lazy Made Mostly Ofen Rule
No army has ever done so much with so little.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Army Done Ever Little Much So
Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Always God Let Peace Pray Preserve Restore World
The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Above Greatest Other Practice Religious REquired Sacrifice Soldier Training
Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
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Although Bring Civilization Discovery Lesson Profound Progressive Reach Survival War
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Automatic Encounter Mightier never Obviously Pen Sword Weapon
I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Believe Concerned Endeavour Entire Modern Nation Outlaw Problem Society Solution
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Enter Fatal Key War Will Win Without
Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Defense Produce Strategy Ultimate Victory
l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Few Know Living Men More Nothing Revolt War

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