Quote

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

Douglas MacArthur

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Freedom
Preservation
Inspirational
Patriotic
Men
Entitled
Blessings
Libertarian
Blessing
Unless
Vigilance
Liberty
Vigilant

More quotes by Douglas MacArthur

Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
Old soldiers never die they just fade away.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
Life is a lively process of becoming.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
No army has ever done so much with so little.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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...
Douglas MacArthur
Image
Americans never quit.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
I realize that advice is worth what it costs--that is, nothing.
Douglas MacArthur
Image
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.
Douglas MacArthur