War Quotes by Douglas MacArthur

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

— Douglas MacArthur

“It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.”

— Douglas MacArthur

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

I came through and I shall return.

— Douglas MacArthur

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

— Douglas MacArthur

In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

— Douglas MacArthur

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

— Douglas MacArthur

I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold!

— Douglas MacArthur

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

— Douglas MacArthur

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and…

— Douglas MacArthur

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.

— Douglas MacArthur

Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here.

— Douglas MacArthur

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

— Douglas MacArthur

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage…

— Douglas MacArthur

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other…

— Douglas MacArthur

The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful…

— Douglas MacArthur

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor…

— Douglas MacArthur

We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no…

— Douglas MacArthur

The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since…

— Douglas MacArthur

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda…

— Douglas MacArthur

Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb...…

— Douglas MacArthur

In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than…

— Douglas MacArthur

I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great…

— Douglas MacArthur

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated…

— Douglas MacArthur

Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the…

— Douglas MacArthur

I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve…

— Douglas MacArthur

While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a…

— Douglas MacArthur

It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall…

— Douglas MacArthur

There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with…

— Douglas MacArthur

In the mighty and almost limitless potential of American industry-the brilliance and rugged determination of its leaders; the skill, energy and patriotism…

— Douglas MacArthur

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

— Douglas MacArthur

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough…

— Douglas MacArthur

“You don't win wars by dying for your country you win wars by making the other son of a bitch die for…

— Douglas MacArthur

The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.

— Douglas MacArthur

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

Global war has become Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides.

— Douglas MacArthur

If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.

— Douglas MacArthur

I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson

— Douglas MacArthur

It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference…

— Douglas MacArthur