It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bond between events on the battlefield and his own ruin was forged, and, as is essential in genuine… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“One strange feeling, which I remember clearly, was a powerful link with the slain, particularly those that had fallen within the past hour or two. There was so much death around that life seemed almost indecent. Some men’s uniforms were… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“The key to successful extramarital sex, therefore, was discretion. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, perhaps the most outspoken woman in polite society, said dryly: “It doesn’t… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“It was Churchill who called John Foster Dulles “the only bull who brings his own china shop with him,” and who coined the progression,… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start -… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
A man's task is to find himself, and if he fails in this, it doesn't much matter what else he finds. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“Byron wrote his shortest and most eloquent poem as a testament to a titled woman who had taken leave of her husband for a… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
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