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Douglas MacArthur
Age: 84 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 26
Died: 1964
Died: April 5
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Little Rock
Arkansas
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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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I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.
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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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Youth is not entirely a time of life it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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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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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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Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
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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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The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
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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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A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.
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Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.
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Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.
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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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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in 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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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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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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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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