I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURDuty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions – those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
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Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
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I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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