Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURToday the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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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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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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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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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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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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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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