If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNo physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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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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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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 nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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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?
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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