Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURAmericans never quit.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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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 outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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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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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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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I came through and I shall return.
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Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
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