People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your…

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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the...

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the...

And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and...

And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and...

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now...

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now...

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

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

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

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has...

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has...

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the...

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the...

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not...

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not...

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is...

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is...

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of...

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of...

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on...

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on...

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I...

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I...

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

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

Americans never quit.

Americans never quit.

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

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

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his...

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his...