I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
DOUGLAS MACARTHURLet us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
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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. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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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 great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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