Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthurwas an American five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 January 1880
CityLittle Rock, AR
CountryUnited States of America
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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory.
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
You are remembered for the rules you break.
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
Are we going to continue to yield personal liberties and community autonomy to the steady inexplicable centralization all political power or restore the Republic to Constitutional direction, regain our personal liberties and reassume the individual state's primary responsibility and authority in the conduct of local affairs? Are we going to permit a continuing decline in public and private morality or re-establish high ethical standards as the means of regaining a diminishing faith in the integrity of our public and private institutions?
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.