Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIn war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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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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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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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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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.
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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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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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