There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
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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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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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Beware not the enemy from ‘without’ but the enemy from ‘within’.
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Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace.
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One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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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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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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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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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us.
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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death – the seas bear only commerce – men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight.
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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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