Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past…
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To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
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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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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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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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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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