The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROn the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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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.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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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.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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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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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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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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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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