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Douglas MacArthur has 139 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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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…
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It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their…
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the…
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with…
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no…
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I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great…
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for…
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve…
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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…
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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader.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…
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We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want…
— Margo Jones
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Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of…
— Harry S. Truman
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One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists,…
— Pope Francis
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There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism,
— Stephen Harper
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In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he…
— Jon Meacham
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You defeat defeatism with confidence.
— Vince Lombardi
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On a day when all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, are celebrating the growth of freedom and honoring the sacrifices of American…
— Ken Mehlman
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Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!
— Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
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There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a…
— Douglas MacArthur
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I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess.…
— Norman Cousins
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Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.
— Jack Kemp
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The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should…
— Os Guinness
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