However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUREven when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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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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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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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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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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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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