Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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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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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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 enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Americans never quit.
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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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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR