The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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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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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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