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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWorry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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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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Our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom?
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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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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While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
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