The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Quote by Douglas MacArthur

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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...

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

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

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as...

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as...

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...

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...

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

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...

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...

There is no substitute for victory.

There is no substitute for victory.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...