No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHe does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
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Americans never quit.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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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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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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