#ld

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

#conditions #forms #molded #opinion #other

Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#cannot #children #responsible #see #sit

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#be strong #brave #build #defeat #enough

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#again #battlefield #crash #dreams #guns

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#age-old #brave #conscience #conspiracy #constant

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#better #better world #emerge #faith #shall

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#ballad #career #close #duty #fade

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#finer #front #i #just #marines

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#accorded #advance #been #century #contribution

You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice. ↗

— James MacArthur

#hear #high #him #i #japan