"Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory." — Douglas MacArthur
"Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory."
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Douglas MacArthur
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132 Quotes by Douglas MacArthur
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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…
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It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to…
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Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is…
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Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer…
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We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can…
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I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of…
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as…
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind:…
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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition…
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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of…
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More Defensive Quotes
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one of 232 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I…
— Jo Brand
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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle…
— Robert Burns
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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
— Francesca Annis
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The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to…
— Bobby Knight
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We have a simple rule for switching. Anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to…
— Ralph Miller
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Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.
— Tex Winter
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Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made…
— Tex Winter
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Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters,…
— Jimmy Doolittle
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A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling…
— Henri Nouwen
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If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.
— Don Meyer
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I am not too accusatorial or defensive by nature. I have always been kind of philosophical about it, remembering that…
— Steve Nash
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