They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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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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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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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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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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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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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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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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I came through and I shall return.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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