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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.

Douglas MacArthur

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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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Few Know Living Men More Nothing Revolt War
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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Advance Civilization Force Great Greatest Mount Outward Question Sermon Since War World
In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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Employing Irrevocable Other Penalities Personnel Profession Untrain World
War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Indecision Object Prolonged Substitute Very Victory War
Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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Execute Good Plan Today Violently
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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All Bear Deepest Other Peace People Pray Scar Soldier Suffer War
Americans never quit.
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Country never Quit
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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Fact Infinitely Pride Profession Prouder Soldier Take
To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Destroy Dilute Game Purpose Substitute Victory Will Win
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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Many May Oth Palin West Point Times Turn World
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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Accurate Except Five Good Intelligence Isolate Only Percent Report Trick
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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Attempt Courage Forget Make Master Ourselves Predominance Timidity
We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Advance Design Endure Goal Leadership Must Open Peace Progress Universal World
I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Flagpole See Stand Still
If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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Devise Door Greater More Quotable Some System
In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Substitute Victory War

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