“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
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: history
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It is part of the general pattern
“It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.”
— Douglas MacArthur
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: fear
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They died hard, those savage men –
“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
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: men
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I am concerned for the security of
“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.”
— Douglas MacArthur
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: great
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Could I have but a line a
“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
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: peace
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In my dreams I hear again the
“In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.”
— Douglas MacArthur
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: war
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They died hard, those savage men –
“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
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: history
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One cannot wage war under present conditions
“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.”
— Douglas MacArthur
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: war
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Always there has been some terrible evil
“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
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: home
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It is fatal to enter any war
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
— Douglas MacArthur
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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the
“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”
— Douglas MacArthur
Author: Douglas MacArthur
Category: age
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