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Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

Douglas MacArthur

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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Beginning Men Peace Since Sought Time
What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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Direction Euakity Friendly Imperious Seek Shame Signity Understanding Support
By profession I am a soldier and take 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.
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Fact Infinitely Pride Profession Prouder Soldier Take
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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Application Extremal Force Imminent Nation Nonsense Security Talk Threat
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.
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Back Bitterness Both Defeat Excitation Known Learn Triumph Turn
You are remembered for the rules you break.
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Break Remember Rule
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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Attempt Courage Forget Make Master Ourselves Predominance Timidity
The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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Advance Civilization Force Great Greatest Mount Outward Question Sermon Since War World
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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Fear Government Kept Perpetual State
Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Brain Die Grip Lose never Old Reality Require Soldier Traumatic
The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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Interplanetary Nation Next Unite War World
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Aim Artificially Bred Country Economy Gear Generally Induce Misguide Park Pattern Policy Psychosis
Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Beware Enemy From Within
We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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Advance Another Direction Retreat
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Fight FIner Front Just Marine Organization Return Visit World
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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Appease Country Reason Red Some Vary

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

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