No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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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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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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I came through and I shall return.
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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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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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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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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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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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