Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURFew 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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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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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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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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