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 MACARTHURWhile Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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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.
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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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