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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
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Leadership
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Troops
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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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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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The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
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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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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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Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
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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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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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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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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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Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
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I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold!
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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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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
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Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.
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