Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURGive me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURNo army has ever done so much with so little.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURExpect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWorry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair; these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHave a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn’t send me enough of them.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURLife is a lively process of becoming.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROld soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThere is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWar’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURFew names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb… he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURA good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROur government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR