"It seems to me the worst possible concept,……" — Douglas MacArthur
"It seems to me the worst possible concept, militarily, that we would simply stay there, resisting aggression, so-called...it seems to me that the way to "resist aggression" is to destroy the potentialities of the aggressor to continually hit you...When you say, merely, "we are going to continue to fight aggression," that is not what the enemy is fighting for. The enemy is fighting for a very definite purpose-to destroy our forces..."
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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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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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader.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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