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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
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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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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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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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
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Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
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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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Security lies in our ability to produce.
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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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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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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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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward but he must think only forward.
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
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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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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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Duty, Honor, Country - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
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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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You are remembered for the rules you break.
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Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war not blots out this alternative.
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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on
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My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
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