Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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I came through and I shall return.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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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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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
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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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR