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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWars are caused by unprotected wealth.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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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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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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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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“Duty, Honor, Country” – those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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