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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Douglas MacArthur

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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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Color Deathless Elusive Essense Outfit Sash Soldier Soon Took Unique
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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Against Brave Conspiracy Constant World
I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Almighty Country Forever God Grace Return Soul Stand
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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Anything Complete Defeat Fraud History Humanity Incident led Peace
By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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Fact Father Great Infinitely Price Profession Prouder Soldier Take
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
Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Army Destroy Line Nine Serve Supply Time
To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Destroy Dilute Game Purpose Substitute Victory Will Win
The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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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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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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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 believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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Believe Concerned Endeavour Entire Modern Nation Outlaw Problem Society Solution

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