Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWe are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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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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Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.
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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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Americans never quit.
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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.
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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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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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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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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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