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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
General
Leadership
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Troops
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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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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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I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.
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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to 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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There is no security. Only opportunity.
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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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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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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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No army has ever done so much with so little.
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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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 must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die they just fade away.
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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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