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 MACARTHUROptimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Americans never quit.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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I came through and I shall return.
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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