Quote by Douglas MacArthur
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution t

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

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Ive looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. – Douglas MacArthur

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Death
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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

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War
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Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it. – Douglas MacArthur

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Home
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A look at the past reminds us of how great is the distance, and how short, over which we have come. The past makes us ask what we have done with us. It makes us ask whether our very achievements are not ironical counterpoint and contrast to our fundamental failures. – Robert Penn Warren

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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history. – Dominic Monaghan

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History

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry. – Jennifer Granholm

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History

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Everything that can be invented, has been invented. – Charles H. Duell

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Body and soul cannot be separated for purposes of treatment, for they are one and indivisible. Sick minds must be healed as well as sick bodies. – C. Jeff Miller

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Medical

I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see whats happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. – Henning Mankell

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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up. – Daniel Pipes

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