Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWar’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war.
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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 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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Americans never quit.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR







