If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI came out of Bataan and I shall return!
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Never ask age of a woman.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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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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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
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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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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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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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Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
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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. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea – written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo – “There is no substitute for victory!”
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By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
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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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In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR