The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURA true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUROld soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURIn this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThey died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURHistory fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURl know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURDuty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThe best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURThere are no atheists in the foxholes of Bataan.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUREven when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURExpect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURLife is a lively process of becoming.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURWe are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURYears may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber.
DOUGLAS MACARTHURI have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR