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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWe 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.
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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The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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