On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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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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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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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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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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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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