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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By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

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...

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

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

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what...

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what...

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...

Life is a lively process of becoming.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis...

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis...

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

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

You are remembered for the rules you break.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

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...

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

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,...

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.

You killed a hundred thousand people? You must get up very early in the morning!...

You killed a hundred thousand people? You must get up very early in the morning!...

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half...

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half...