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 MACARTHURIt is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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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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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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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.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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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.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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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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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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