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.

Quote by Douglas MacArthur

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

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

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy,...

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy,...

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

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...

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions,...

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions,...

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...

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in...

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in...

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans...

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans...

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...

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just...

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just...

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

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...

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

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

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he...

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he...

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...

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...

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

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

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the...

People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the...