Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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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 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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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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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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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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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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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
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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.
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