More from Douglas MacArthur
I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur We 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.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur “Duty, Honor, Country” – those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur No army has ever done so much with so little.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas 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 MacArthurDouglas MacArthur There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur 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 MacArthurDouglas MacArthur I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur In war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur Life is a lively process of becoming.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
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