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> [In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-this-situation-it-becomes-vital-that-our-own-country-orient-its/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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> [The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/the-pacific-no-longer-represents-menacing-avenues-of-approach-for-a/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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> [On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/on-the-fields-of-friendly-strife-are-sown-the-seeds-that-on-other/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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## Other authors on Friendly

## More by Douglas MacArthur

> [Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/men-since-the-beginning-of-time-have-sought-peace-military-alliances/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/people-of-the-philippines-i-have-returned-by-the-grace-of-almighty/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-stand-on-this-rostrum-with-a-sense-of-deep-humility-and-great-pride/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/our-country-is-now-geared-to-an-arms-economy-bred-in-an-artificially/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-first-marine-division-i-could/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/however-horrible-the-incidents-of-war-may-be-the-soldier-who-is/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/while-asia-is-commonly-referred-to-as-the-gateway-to-europe-it-is-no/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-believe-that-the-entire-effort-of-modern-society-should-be/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-as-it-is-waged-now-with-the-enormous-losses-on-both-sides-both/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-am-concerned-for-the-security-of-our-great-nation-not-so-much/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-ve-looked-that-old-scoundrel-death-in-the-eye-many-times-but-this/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/age-wrinkles-the-body-quitting-wrinkles-the-soul/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/for-those-to-whom-much-is-given-much-is-required-it-is-not-whether/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-you-win-or-lose-live-or-die-and-the-difference-is-just-an/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

> [Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/beware-not-the-enemy-from-without-but-the-enemy-from-within/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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