A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWorry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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I came through and I shall return.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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By profession I am a soldier and take great 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. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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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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