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

MacArthur, Douglas. Keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 7 July 1952, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA.

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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. — Douglas MacArthur

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