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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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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
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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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Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
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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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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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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Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.
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The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
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It was close but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
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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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The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.
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Old soldiers never die they just fade away.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
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The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
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My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
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