Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
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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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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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