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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.

Douglas MacArthur

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However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
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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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Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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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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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’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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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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