It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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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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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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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
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Americans never quit.
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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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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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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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