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Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur
Age: 84 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 26
Died: 1964
Died: April 5
Military Officer
Little Rock
Arkansas
General Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
D. MacArthur
Rules
Military
Break
Legacy
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past...
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I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.
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It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
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l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
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The hated system of land tenure, so contributory to general unrest in Asia, has been abolished. Every farmer is now accorded the right and dignity of ownership of the land he long has tilled.
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My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
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