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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons. — Douglas MacArthur

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die. — Douglas MacArthur

Preparedness is the key to success and victory. — Douglas MacArthur

I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon. — Douglas MacArthur

Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul. — Douglas MacArthur

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. — Douglas MacArthur

Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob. — Douglas MacArthur

If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war. — Douglas MacArthur

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. — Douglas MacArthur

If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door. — Douglas MacArthur

Americans never quit. — Douglas MacArthur

Life is a lively process of becoming. — Douglas MacArthur

Years wrinkle the skin. Giving up wrinkles the soul. — Douglas MacArthur

I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson — Douglas MacArthur

I realize that advice is worth what it costs
that is, nothing. — Douglas MacArthur

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. — Douglas MacArthur

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. — Douglas MacArthur

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

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! — Douglas MacArthur

In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military. — Douglas MacArthur

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always. — Douglas MacArthur

The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history. — Douglas MacArthur

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down. — Douglas MacArthur

There is no security. Only opportunity. — Douglas MacArthur

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. — Douglas MacArthur

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

Roosevelt is dead: a man who would never tell the truth when a lie would serve him just as well. — Douglas MacArthur

No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy. — Douglas MacArthur

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live. — Douglas MacArthur

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. — Douglas MacArthur

I came through and I shall return. — Douglas MacArthur

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

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth. — Douglas MacArthur

The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late. — Douglas MacArthur

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! — Douglas MacArthur

In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor. — Douglas MacArthur

That democracy works and will always work, because the people are allowed to think, to talk, and keep their minds free, open, and supple. — Douglas MacArthur

The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country. — Douglas MacArthur

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. — Douglas MacArthur

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. — Douglas MacArthur

Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of
any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man. — Douglas MacArthur

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. — Douglas MacArthur

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction. — Douglas MacArthur

Global war has become Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides. — Douglas MacArthur

In war there is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur

No army has ever done so much with so little. — Douglas MacArthur

I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. — Douglas MacArthur

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. — Douglas MacArthur

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender. — Douglas MacArthur

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. — Douglas MacArthur

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction — Douglas MacArthur

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%. — Douglas MacArthur

I came out of Bataan and I shall return! — Douglas MacArthur

There is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil. — Douglas MacArthur

The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house. — Douglas MacArthur

Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries. — Douglas MacArthur

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. — Douglas MacArthur

Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. — Douglas MacArthur

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. — Douglas MacArthur

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. — Douglas MacArthur

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. — Douglas MacArthur

To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today. — Douglas MacArthur

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. — Douglas MacArthur

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. — Douglas MacArthur

Security lies in our ability to produce. — Douglas MacArthur

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory. — Douglas MacArthur

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California. — Douglas MacArthur

Never ask age of a woman. — Douglas MacArthur

Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'. — Douglas MacArthur

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash. — Douglas MacArthur

You are remembered for the rules you break. — Douglas MacArthur

You don't win wars by dying for your country you win wars by making the other son of a bitch die for his — Douglas MacArthur

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. — Douglas MacArthur

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it. — Douglas MacArthur

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. — Douglas MacArthur

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world. — Douglas MacArthur

My first recollection is that of a bugle call. — Douglas MacArthur

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on — Douglas MacArthur

There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud. — Douglas MacArthur

It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it. — Douglas MacArthur

A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies. — Douglas MacArthur

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering. — Douglas MacArthur

Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed — Douglas MacArthur

By profession I am a Soldier & take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father. — Douglas MacArthur

I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold! — Douglas MacArthur

Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory. — Douglas MacArthur

We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace. — Douglas MacArthur

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die. — Douglas MacArthur

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

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

Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for. — Douglas MacArthur

Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. — Douglas MacArthur

Mr. President. Douglas MacArthur said every military disaster can be explained in two words: 'Too late. — Tom Clancy

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

Never give an order that can't be obeyed. — Douglas MacArthur