I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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Americans never quit.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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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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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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