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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURGive me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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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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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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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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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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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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