Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in 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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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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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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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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