There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNo man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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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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I came through and I shall return.
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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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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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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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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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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.
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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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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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