Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURTalk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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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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I came through and I shall return.
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
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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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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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