In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBy profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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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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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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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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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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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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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR