Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROld soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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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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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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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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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
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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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