"By profession I am a soldier and take……" — Douglas MacArthur
"By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven."
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Douglas MacArthur
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132 Quotes by Douglas MacArthur
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I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
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