Douglas Macarthur Quotes

“Midway was merely a convenient target chosen by Yamamoto to draw the Americans out, and both sides’ objectives were attritional attempts to…

— Charles River Editors

General George Patton, General Douglas MacArthur are spinning in their grave at the stupidity of what we're doing in the Middle East.

— Donald Trump

It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective…

— William Manchester

“The clear suggestion is that there ought not to be civilian control of the military. What have callow noncombatants giving brisk orders…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Mr. President. Douglas MacArthur said every military disaster can be explained in two words: ‘Too late.”

— Tom Clancy

“Known as "Ike,” Eisenhower was born prior to the Spanish American War on October 14, 1890. Graduating from West Point Military Academy…

— Captain Hank Bracker

I'm a big fan of General Douglas MacArthur and General George Patton.We have a few generals that have been so incredible to…

— Donald Trump

Harry Truman's decision to fire Douglas MacArthur at the height of the Korean War in April 1951 shocked the American political system…

— H. W. Brands

Just go to [Hillary Clinton] website. She tells you how to fight ISIS on her website. I don't think General Douglas MacArthur…

— Donald Trump

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them.

— William Manchester

Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the…

— Helen Thomas

“Well more than two thirds of the press releases from Douglas MacArthur's command reference only one person – himself.”

— Stanley Weintraub

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. Like them, he was slandered…

— William Manchester

Listen - God only exists in people's minds. Especially in Japan, God's always been kind of a flexible concept. Look at what…

— Haruki Murakami

I think we're being laughed at all over the world. I think that if you look at our military, we can't beat…

— Donald Trump

“The Borderlander’s combative culture has provided a large proportion of the nation’s military, from officers like Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, and Douglas…

— Colin Woodard

It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the…

— William Manchester

“No one’s exploits in the division had glowed more incandescently than those of Douglas MacArthur. He was that rarity, a courageous exhibitionist,…

— Joseph E. Persico

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the…

— William Manchester

“He was a thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of me and…

— William Manchester

“General Douglas MacArthur said, “In war there is no substitute for victory.”

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“Posted on the other side of the world, it was early on the morning of December 8 in the Philippines when Douglas…

— Charles River Editors

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the…

— William Manchester

“You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;…

— Terri Marie

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to…

— William Manchester