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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIf I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
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I came through and I shall return.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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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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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 untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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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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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR