Quotes by Douglas MacArthur

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. (Douglas MacArthur)

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. (Douglas MacArthur)

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. (Douglas MacArthur)

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. (Douglas MacArthur)

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. (Douglas MacArthur)

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world. (Douglas MacArthur)

I have known war as few men now living know it. Its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes. (Douglas MacArthur)

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier. (Douglas MacArthur)

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. (Douglas MacArthur)

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. (Douglas MacArthur)