Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURAre we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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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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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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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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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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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Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
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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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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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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. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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