No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWe must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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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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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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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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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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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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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.
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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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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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