I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI came out of Bataan and I shall return!
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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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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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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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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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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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
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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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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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