Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHere are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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.
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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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Americans never quit.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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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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