I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWhat they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support – not imperious direction – the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
More Douglas MacArthur Quotes
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Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.
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Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
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Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.
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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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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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Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
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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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To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory.
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They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
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I came through and I shall return.
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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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We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
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History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
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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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