The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHistory fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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