Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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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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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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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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I came through and I shall return.
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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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