I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIn 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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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.
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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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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin.
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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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Life is a lively process of becoming.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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