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There is no security. Only opportunity.
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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Opportunity
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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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A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
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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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