What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROptimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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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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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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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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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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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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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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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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…
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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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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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