Douglas MacArthur

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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There is no substitute for victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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

— Douglas MacArthur

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In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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