The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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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 fade away.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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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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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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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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.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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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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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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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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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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