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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

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
Leadership
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Troops
Command
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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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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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I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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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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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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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 world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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