Douglas MacArthur Quotes

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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.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Inspirational, Leadership, Confidence

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  I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Gun, New World Order

  Douglas MacArthur's speech to the Texas Legislature in Austin (June 13, 1951) as quoted in "General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964" edited by Edward T. Imparato (p. 175), June 14, 2000.

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  The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

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  Peace, Military, War

  "Duty, Honor, Country: A Pictorial Autobiography".

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• Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. Whatever your years, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.

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  Giving Up, Heart, Numbers

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• 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.

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  Spiritual, Political, Liberty

  "Letter: General Douglas MacArthur's 1951 speech is more appropriate in today's America". General Douglas MacArthur's speech, www.mlive.com. 1951.

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• Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Army, Warfare

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• Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.

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  Men, Opportunity, Doors

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• Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

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  Today, Planning, Plans

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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.

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  Country, Rallying Point, Honor

  Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address, delivered 12 May 1962, West Point, NY

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  Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions - those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Character, Way

  Douglas MacArthur's speech to the Michigan Legislature in Lansing (May 15, 1952) as quoted in "General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964" edited by Edward T. Imparato (p. 206), June 14, 2000.

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

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  Inspirational, Freedom, Patriotic

  Title of speech to the people of Japan, May 3, 1948, upon the first anniversary of the Japanese constitution. MacArthur, A Soldier Speaks (1965), p. 194. Francis T. Miller, General Douglas MacArthur, Fighter for Freedom, p. 1, 1942.

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• Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

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  Keys, Victory, Key To Success

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.153, Turner Publishing Company

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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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  Attitude, Self Confidence, Years

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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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  Victory, Get Up, Knocked Down

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• Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!

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  Enemy, Get Away, Behinds

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• By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven.

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  Life, Art, Prayer

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• We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

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  Veterans Day, Witty, Military

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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.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Bible, Believe, Tired

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• Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

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  Broken, Lazy, Rules And Regulations

  "MacArthur Close-Up". Book by William Addleman Ganoe, 1962.

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• Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

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  War, Mean, Victory

  Farewell Address to Congress, delivered 19 April 1951

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• The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave.

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  Courage, Brave, World

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• Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

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  Death, Dying, Fit

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.22, Turner Publishing Company

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• Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

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  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

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  Life Lesson, Past, Fire

  DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1964). “REMINISCENCES”

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