War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURFreemasonry 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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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
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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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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.
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The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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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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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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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.
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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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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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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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