To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Part 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.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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To master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.
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Never ask age of a woman.
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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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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.
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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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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 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.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR