You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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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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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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Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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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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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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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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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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