In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI came through and I shall return.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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 scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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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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Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
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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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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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