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Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

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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 of our two peoples. We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.

Blood, Daily, Enemy, Indestructible, People, Two

The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.

Ability, Destruction, Liberty, Preserve

I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold!

Come, Hold, I Can, Meantime, War, World

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

Blessings, Entitled, Freedom, Inspirational, Patriotic, Preservation

The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!

Enemy, Get Away, Behinds, Left, Right

There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.

Humanity, Incidents, Led, Peace, Surrender

We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.

Goal, Leadership, Progress, Universal, World

I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.

Believe, Effort, Method, Society, Solution, War

He thus reaps the full fruits which result from his toil and labors with the incentive of free enterprise to maximize his effort to achieve increasing production. Representing over a half of Japan's total population, the agriculture workers have become an invincible barrier against the advance of socialistic ideas which would relegate all to the indignity of state servitude.

Agriculture, Ideas, Invincible, Production, Wisdom

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Body, Inspirational, Motivational, Quitting, Success, Wrinkles

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Love, Men, History, Wounded, Savage

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Bad, Good, Inspirational, Leadership, Troops

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

Believe, Believing, Japan, Point, Staff, Surrender

Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to victory.

Essentials, Fighting, Invincible, Men, Mold, Team

There are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.

Atheism, Atheist, Atheists, Bataan, Foxholes

The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary objective of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return.

Australia, Came, Japan, Lines, Military, Understand

Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.

Embraces, Laws, Men, Philosophy, Test, Uplifting

In the mighty and almost limitless potential of American industry-the brilliance and rugged determination of its leaders; the skill, energy and patriotism of its workers-there has been welded an almost impregnable defense against the evil designs of any who would threaten the security of the American continent. It is indeed the most forceful and convincing argument yet evolved to restrain the irresponsibility of those who would recklessly bring down upon the good and peace-loving peoples of all the nations of the earth the disaster of total war.

Determination, Evil, Restrain, Rugged, Skills, War

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.

Color, Elusive, Essence, Soldiering, Unique

You are remembered for the rules you break.

Bad Ass, Break, Legacy, Military, Remembered, Rules

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