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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. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole.

Douglas MacArthur

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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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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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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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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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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 soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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