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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Douglas MacArthur

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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Bed Before Believe Ever Good Ner Reach Right Sir Try World
Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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Execute Good Plan Today Violently
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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Body Soul Wait Wrinkle
Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
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Although Bring Civilization Discovery Lesson Profound Progressive Reach Survival War
“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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Be Country Dictate Duty Hollow Home Ought Reverently Thre
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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Grow Living Merely Nobody Number Old Year
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?
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Course Freedom Liberty Maintain Progress Religion Reverse Socialism Youth
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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Anything Complete Defeat Fraud History Humanity Incident led Peace
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Conquer Fitpino Give Soldier Thousand World
The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Against Brave Conspiracy Constantly World
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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Before Bring Dear Despair Die Doubt Down Dust Enemy Ground Slowly Turn
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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Door Even Knock Open Opportunity Seat
We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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Abound Arm Change Great Longer Nowhere Past Profession
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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Earth Only Opportunity Security
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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Concern Force Great Insidious Nation Security Work
Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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Die Fight Know Men Without

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