War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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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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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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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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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his amke gave when he created in his own image.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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