~ Douglas MacArthur Quotes ~

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Douglas MacArthur Quotes


An American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign. Arthur MacArthur, Jr., and Douglas MacArthur were the first father and son to each be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of general of the army in the U.S. Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

Here are some famous quotes by Douglas MacArthur.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

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

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There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.

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Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

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

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Whether in chains or in laurels liberty knows nothing but victories.

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Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty hope cheer and courage so long are you young.

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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle—the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.

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Duty honour 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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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. 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.