Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNever ask age of a woman.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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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.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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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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Never ask age of a woman.
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