And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty.

Quote by Douglas MacArthur

Topics: Military Quotes

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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.

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

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Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

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

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

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

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

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

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

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

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...

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...

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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a...

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

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

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

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

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...

Americans never quit.

Americans never quit.

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...