Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWhoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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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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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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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.
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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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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