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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROn the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Never ask age of a woman.
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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?
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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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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From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
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What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR