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!”
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe 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!
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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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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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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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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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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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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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.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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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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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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