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Macarthur Quotes by William Manchester
- 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…
- Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.
- They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men…
- 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…
- 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…
- His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them.
- 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…
- 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…
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- He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the… — William Manchester
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- In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or… — Robert M. Gates
- Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing… — William Manchester
- They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have… — William Manchester
- General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." — John Wayne
- To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally. — David Simon
- 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… — William Manchester
- He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the… — 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… — William Manchester