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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.

Douglas MacArthur

Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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Army Distinguish Mob Training
Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul.
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Give Skin Soul Wrinkle Year
Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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Denial Face Fact Move On Optimistic
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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Although Bring Civilization Discovery Lesson Profound Progressive Reach Survival War
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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Fact Infinitely Pride Profession Prouder Soldier Take
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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Both Enormous Mutual Side Suicide Wage War
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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Before Bring Dear Despair Die Doubt Down Dust Enemy Ground Slowly Turn
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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Body Soul Wait Wrinkle
Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
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Against Blank Cartridge Danger Head Hurt Mob Over Person Use Volley
To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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Destroy Dilute Game Purpose Substitute Victory Will Win
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Bad Command General Good Just Make Troop
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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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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Government Liberty Limitation Object Power Practice
“Duty, Honor, Country” – those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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Ability Lies Produce Security
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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