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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.

Douglas MacArthur

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Flagpole See Stand Still
War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Indecision Object Prolonged Substitute Very Victory War
WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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Basically Chance Have Human Improvement Involve Last Problem Spiritual
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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Beginning Men Peace Since Sought Time
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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Fear Government Kept Perpetual State
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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Enter Fatal Key War Will Win Without
Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Country Firmer History Imprint Left Name People Person Time
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
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Clean Confront Define Directly Fundamental Involve Issue Nation Republic Survival Today
“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.
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Be Country Dictate Duty Hollow Home Ought Reverently Thre
Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Defense Produce Strategy Ultimate Victory
Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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Afraid Die Fit Live
In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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Indeed Substitute Victory War
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
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Decay Economical Fail History More Nation Pass Political Precedent Record Single Subject
Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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Key Preparedness Success Victory
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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Address Bitterness Country Fade Life Mind Neither Purpose Rancor Serve Twilight
What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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Direction Euakity Friendly Imperious Seek Shame Signity Understanding Support

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