Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURAge wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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I realize that advice is worth what it costs–that is, nothing.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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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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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.
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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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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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 believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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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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