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General der US-Army, Oberbefehlshaber im Korea-Krieg (USA, 1880 - 1964).

Douglas MacArthur · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Douglas MacArthur wäre heute 144 Jahre, 9 Monate, 25 Tage oder 52.894 Tage alt.

Geboren am 26.01.1880 in Little Rock
Gestorben am 05.04.1964 in Washington
Sternzeichen: ♒ Wassermann

• Es gibt keine Sicherheit im Leben. Es gibt nur Gelegenheiten.
  • Sicherheit

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• Im Krieg gibt es keine Alternative zum Sieg.
  • Krieg
  • Alternative
  • Sieg(e)

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• In einen Krieg einzutreten, ohne den Willen, ihn zu gewinnen, ist tödlich.
  • Krieg

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• And in the end, through the long ages of our quest for light, it will be found that truth is still mightier than the sword. For out of the welter of human carnage and human sorrow and human weal the indestructible thing that will always live is a sound idea.

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• Expect only 5% of an intelligence report ot be accurate. The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

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• I came through and I shall return.

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• I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

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• 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.

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• In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

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• In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

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• It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

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• Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldiers in that 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 sight to see that duty.

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• Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

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• The basic need of the world is spirituality. The issue between free people and Communism is not economic; . . . the issue is the preservation of the freedom of man as a living soul.

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• There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity.

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• There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity.

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• Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

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• Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.

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