We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHe does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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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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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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Are 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?
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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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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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