Security lies in our ability to produce.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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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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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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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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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
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