I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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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People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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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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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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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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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 came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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