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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWars are caused by unprotected wealth.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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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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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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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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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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History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant funds demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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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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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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