Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURTalk 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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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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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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