The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThere is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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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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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Americans never quit.
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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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…
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR