It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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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Americans never quit.
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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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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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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.
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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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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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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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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