There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole.
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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
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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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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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