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* It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
* It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
* ...once war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision.<ref>Address to Congress, Apr. 19, 1951</ref>
* In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
* In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
* The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
* The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
* 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.<ref>William M Leary, ''Macarthur and the American Century: A Reader'' (2001)</ref>
* 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.<ref>William M Leary, ''Macarthur and the American Century: A Reader'' (2001)</ref>