I came through and I shall return.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROne cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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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.
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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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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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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