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
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. — 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
I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by… — 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
Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. — 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
Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for… — 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
