I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURA true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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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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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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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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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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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