Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThere is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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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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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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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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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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