Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate 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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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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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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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.
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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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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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