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By profession I am a soldier and take great 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. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.

Douglas MacArthur

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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
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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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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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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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