General Douglas Macarthur

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    We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
    Morning Prayer, General Confession, Book of Common Prayer (1662)

    Annie Laurie
    Gie’d me her promise true;
    Gie’d me her promise true,
    Which ne’er forgot will be;
    And for bonnie Annie Laurie
    I’d lay me doune and dee.
    —William Douglas (1672?–1748)

    We have had our last chance. If we do not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
    —Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)