Quote by Harry S. Truman

“Arthur MacArthur was the most flamboyantly egotistic man I had ever seen, until I met his son.”

— Major General Enoch Crowder

“And he simply would not tolerate any other high-ranking officer, commissioned or noncommissioned, reaming out one of his guys. He”

— Marcus Luttrell

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

— John Wayne

“No one’s exploits in the division had glowed more incandescently than those of Douglas MacArthur. He was that rarity, a courageous exhibitionist, a fearless…

— Joseph E. Persico

Harry Truman's decision to fire Douglas MacArthur at the height of the Korean War in April 1951 shocked the American political system and astonished…

— H. W. Brands

“Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.”

— David Halberstam

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of…

— William Manchester

“We're going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Well more than two thirds of the press releases from Douglas MacArthur's command reference only one person – himself.”

— Stanley Weintraub

“I could tell immediately that he was a typical Army Rear Echelon puke unfit-for-duty-asshole junior officer with delusions of grandeur.”

— Greg McPartlin

“The clear suggestion is that there ought not to be civilian control of the military. What have callow noncombatants giving brisk orders to grizzled…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Now the colonel seemed to grieve for his President again, because he said, “This world spits out a beautiful man like he was poison.”

— Denis Johnson