In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Global war has become Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
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
In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he… — 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
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
It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift… — 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… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream . . . But… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory. — 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… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it… — 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… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies. — 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… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every… — 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
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
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with… — 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
