Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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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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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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.
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What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
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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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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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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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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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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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