--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By Douglas MacArthur" description: "13 Ifs quotes by Douglas MacArthur. Plus more from Douglas MacArthur and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/douglas-macarthur-2344_division_if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-fir_62904.png" --- > [If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-first-marine-division-i-could/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/douglas-macarthur-2344_division_if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-fir_62904.png) > [It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/it-must-be-of-the-spirit-if-we-are-to-save-the-flesh/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/douglas-macarthur-2344_flesh_it-must-be-of-the-spirit-if-we-are-to-sa_1931485.png) > [If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/if-we-will-not-devise-some-greater-and-more-equitable-system/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/douglas-macarthur-2344_armageddon_if-we-will-not-devise-some-greater-and-m_971067.png) > [Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/nothing-would-please-me-better-than-if-they-would-give-me-three/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/douglas-macarthur-2344_attack_nothing-would-please-me-better-than-if-t_2931422.png) > [WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/we-have-had-our-last-chance-the-problem-now-is-basically-theological/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/douglas-macarthur-2344_chance_we-have-had-our-last-chance-the-problem_600135.jpg) > [It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/it-is-my-earnest-hope-and-indeed-the-hope-of-all-mankind-that-from/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/douglas-macarthur-2344_advances-in-science_it-is-my-earnest-hope-and-indeed-the-hop_1112795.png) > [The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/the-great-question-is-can-war-be-outlawed-from-the-world-if-so-it/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/douglas-macarthur-2344_anti-war_the-great-question-is-can-war-be-outlawe_1488805.png) > [Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/blank-cartridges-should-never-be-used-against-a-mob-nor-should-a/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/douglas-macarthur-2344_admission_blank-cartridges-should-never-be-used-ag_2410781.png) > [While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/while-no-man-in-his-right-mind-would-advocate-sending-our-ground/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/douglas-macarthur-2344_aim_while-no-man-in-his-right-mind-would-adv_2103746.png) > [In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-short-is-american-life-of-the-future-to-be-characterized-by/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/douglas-macarthur-2344_american-life_in-short-is-american-life-of-the-future_2684002.png) > [Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/here-are-centered-the-hopes-and-aspirations-and-faith-of-the-entire/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/douglas-macarthur-2344_aspiration_here-are-centered-the-hopes-and-aspirati_3001365.png) > [Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/our-government-has-kept-us-in-a-perpetual-state-of-fear-kept-us-in-a-3/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/douglas-macarthur-2344_behinds_our-government-has-kept-us-in-a-perpetua_2913900.png) > [It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/it-seems-strangely-difficult-for-some-to-realize-that-here-in-asia-is/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/douglas-macarthur-2344_arms_it-seems-strangely-difficult-for-some-to_1713102.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Douglas MacArthur > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/men-since-the-beginning-of-time-have-sought-peace-military-alliances/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/people-of-the-philippines-i-have-returned-by-the-grace-of-almighty/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-stand-on-this-rostrum-with-a-sense-of-deep-humility-and-great-pride/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/our-country-is-now-geared-to-an-arms-economy-bred-in-an-artificially/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/if-i-had-one-more-division-like-this-first-marine-division-i-could/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/however-horrible-the-incidents-of-war-may-be-the-soldier-who-is/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/while-asia-is-commonly-referred-to-as-the-gateway-to-europe-it-is-no/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-believe-that-the-entire-effort-of-modern-society-should-be/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-as-it-is-waged-now-with-the-enormous-losses-on-both-sides-both/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-am-concerned-for-the-security-of-our-great-nation-not-so-much/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/i-ve-looked-that-old-scoundrel-death-in-the-eye-many-times-but-this/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/age-wrinkles-the-body-quitting-wrinkles-the-soul/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/for-those-to-whom-much-is-given-much-is-required-it-is-not-whether/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/in-war-you-win-or-lose-live-or-die-and-the-difference-is-just-an/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) > [Beware not the enemy from 'without' but the enemy from 'within'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/beware-not-the-enemy-from-without-but-the-enemy-from-within/) [Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/douglas-macarthur/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By Douglas MacArthur", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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