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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURPart 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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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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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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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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Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
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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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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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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR