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…
DOUGLAS MACARTHURAge wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
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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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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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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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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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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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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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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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