The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURPeople 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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 have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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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 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.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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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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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Americans never quit.
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By profession I am a soldier and take great 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. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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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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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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