I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only be deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur More Quotes by Douglas MacArthur More Quotes From Douglas MacArthur Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live. Douglas MacArthur memorial-day dream country One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda. Douglas MacArthur support military war It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. Douglas MacArthur memorial-day courage inspirational If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door. Douglas MacArthur equitable armageddon doors We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace. Douglas MacArthur progress goal world The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets. Douglas MacArthur military war people The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we going to preserve the religious base to our origin, our growth and our progress, or yield to the devious assaults of atheistic or other anti-religious forces? Are we going to maintain our present course toward State Socialism with Communism just beyond or reverse the present trend and regain our hold upon our heritage of liberty and freedom? Douglas MacArthur yield issues religious Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the seas bear only commerce - men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way. Douglas MacArthur war beach lying The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. Douglas MacArthur west soldier world Americans never quit. Douglas MacArthur perseverance usa military On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory. Douglas MacArthur victory fields friendly Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur success motivational inspirational Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good. Douglas MacArthur hurt war peace Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries. Douglas MacArthur soldier brain reality It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their play for global conquest, and that we have joined the issue thus raised on the battlefield; that here we fight Europe's war with arms while the diplomats there still fight it with words; that if we lose the war to communism in Asia the fall of Europe is inevitable, win it and Europe most probably would avoid war and yet preserve freedom. As you pointed out, we must win. There is no substitute for victory. Douglas MacArthur fighting war fall Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of Douglas MacArthur uplifting men philosophy In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory. Douglas MacArthur substitutes victory war I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole. While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other. Douglas MacArthur twilight war country The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. Douglas MacArthur brave courage world Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American. 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