Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWe 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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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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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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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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.
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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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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
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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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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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