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Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.

Douglas MacArthur

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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Condition Form Mold Opinion Present Press Propaganda Public Support Tremendously Under Wage
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Appease Country Reason Red Some Vary
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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Ended Great Gun Silent Today Tragedy
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Anything Complete Defeat Fraud History Humanity Incident led Peace
Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Alternative Apply Available End Even Force Mean Swift Upon War
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Continuous Fear Government Kept Patriotic Perpetual Size Stampede State
The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Chicken Come Happen Home House Just Move Roost
Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Beware Enemy From Within
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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Advance Civilization Force Great Greatest Mount Outward Question Sermon Since War World
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Decay Economical Fail History More Nation Pass Political Precedent Record Single Subject
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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Against Blank Cartridge Danger Head Hurt Mob Over Person Use Volley
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Aim Artificially Bred Country Economy Gear Generally Induce Misguide Park Pattern Policy Psychosis
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Fact Infinitely Pride Profession Prouder Soldier Take
Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Always God Let Peace Pray Preserve Restore World
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Asai Basic Become Blind Concordance Condition Country Course Destiny Evolutionary Last Own People Policy Purse Situation
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Alone Confidence Courage Decisions Leader Make Stand Tough True

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