A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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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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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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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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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.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory.
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
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