We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBlank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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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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I came through and I shall return.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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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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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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