Gen Douglas Quotes
- He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men… — William Manchester
- His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to seek death on… — William Manchester
- He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great… — William Manchester
- His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester
- It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a… — William Manchester
- 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… — William Manchester
- Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam… — Helen Thomas