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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Douglas MacArthur

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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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Address Bitterness Country Fade Life Mind Neither Purpose Rancor Serve Twilight
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
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Continuous Fear Government Kept Patriotic Perpetual Size Stampede State
They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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Consider Course Expres Future Justice National Plain Protect Resolve
War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Indecision Object Prolonged Substitute Very Victory War
WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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Basically Chance Have Human Improvement Involve Last Problem Spiritual
Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Brain Die Grip Lose never Old Reality Require Soldier Traumatic
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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Cause Confidence Courage Ever Joint Modern Require Something Success Ultimate Willingness
I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Batman Came Out Return Shall
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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Alone Confidence Courage Decisions Leader Make Stand Tough True
The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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Above Greatest Other Practice Religious REquired Sacrifice Soldier Training
Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
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Against Blank Cartridge Danger Head Hurt Mob Over Person Use Volley
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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Door Even Knock Open Opportunity Seat
No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Encounter Enemy Ever First Plan Survive
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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Decay Economical Fail History More Nation Pass Political Precedent Record Single Subject
Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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Denial Face Fact Move On Optimistic
It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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Appeasement Blackmail Instance Mean Peace Shame Successfully Violence

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