The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURBy 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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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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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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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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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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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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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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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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Americans never quit.
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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