From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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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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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.
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!
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I came through and I shall return.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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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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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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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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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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