What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROnly those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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I came through and I shall return.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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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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So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
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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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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil-soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.
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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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Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
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He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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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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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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