In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURMen since the beginning of time have sought peace.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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.
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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
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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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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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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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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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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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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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