Leadership Quote by Stanley Weintraub

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

— John Wayne

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

— David Halberstam

“General Douglas MacArthur said, “In war there is no substitute for victory.”

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“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

“I fired MacArthur because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a…

— Harry S. Truman

“the soldier, few men realize, is the only one of the military men who cannot do his part of the war alone.”

— J.C. Wylie

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

“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

“military figures like James Mattis, H. R. McMaster, and John Kelly: they found themselves working in an administration that was in every way inimical…

— Michael Wolff

“Would you like to hear the latest news, that colonel we mentioned earlier has gone blind, It'll be interesting to see what he thinks…

— José Saramago

Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world…

— Joseph Heller