Douglas MacArthur Quotes About Defeat

• Constrúyeme un hijo, Señor, que sea lo bastante fuerte para saber cuándo es débil, y lo bastante valiente para enfrentarse a sí mismo cuando tenga miedo, que sea orgulloso e indoblegable en la derrota honesta, y humilde y gentil en la victoria.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Gracias, Fuerte, Niños

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). "General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions", p.158, Turner Publishing Company

• No estamos retrocediendo, estamos avanzando en otra dirección.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Día de los Veteranos, Ingenioso, Militar

• We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, History, Triumph

  Emisión de radio a la nación tras la ceremonia de rendición del USS Missouri, emitida el 2 de septiembre de 1945, USS Missouri, Bahía de Tokio, Japón.

• Competitive sports keep alive in us a spirit and vitality. Sports teach the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid; to be proud and unbowed in defeat, and yet humble and gentle in victory; to master ourselves before we attempt to master others; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; and to give the predominance of courage over timidity.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Sports, Strong, Humble

• We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Discovery, Civilization

  Emisión de radio a la nación tras la ceremonia de rendición del USS Missouri, emitida el 2 de septiembre de 1945, USS Missouri, Bahía de Tokio, Japón.

• While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Guerra, Hombres, Política

  Farewell Address to Congress, delivered 19 April 1951

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