We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
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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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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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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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
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There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
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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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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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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
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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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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
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