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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNo physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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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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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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The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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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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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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