People 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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURYouth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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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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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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