Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURPeople 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.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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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WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
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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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The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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I came out of Bataan and I shall return!
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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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The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.
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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 untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
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War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
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