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Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.

Douglas MacArthur

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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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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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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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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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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
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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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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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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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I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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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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