For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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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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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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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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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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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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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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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