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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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that...

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that...

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,...

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...

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction

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,...

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

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

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...

Americans never quit.

Americans never quit.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the...

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the...

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

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

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...

There is no substitute for victory.

There is no substitute for victory.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

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

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