Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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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What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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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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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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