I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk.… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline.… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb...… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
