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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROnce 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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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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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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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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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Americans never quit.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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