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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.

Douglas MacArthur

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l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
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Few Know Living Men More Nothing Revolt War
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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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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“Duty, Honor, Country” – those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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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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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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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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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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Going Institution Integrity Morality Permit Private Public Reestablish Standard
In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Advance Civilization Force Great Greatest Mount Outward Question Sermon Since War World
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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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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Action Become Integrity Intent Leader Set
We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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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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Command Country Criticism Enough Fought One People Person Troop War
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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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Become Live Lively Process
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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