A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROnly those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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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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By profession I am a soldier and take great 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. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the place of the divine annunciation and spiritual gift which will alone sustain him.
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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 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 soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training – sacrifice.
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Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
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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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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR