To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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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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.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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 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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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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People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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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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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
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