Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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Preparedness is the key to success and 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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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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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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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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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