Douglas MacArthur

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#continuous #cry #emergency #fear #fervor

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

— Douglas MacArthur

#give #skin #soul #up #wrinkle

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

— Douglas MacArthur

#only #opportunity #security

Like the old soldier of the 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 light to see that duty. Goodbye. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#ballad #career #close #duty #fade

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. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#been #behind #blindly #did #evil

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#finer #front #i #just #marines

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#difference #just #live #lose #war

My first recollection is that of a bugle call. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#call #first #recollection

Never give an order that can't be obeyed. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#never #obeyed #order

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

— Douglas MacArthur

#die #fit #live #only #those