Douglas MacArthur Quotes

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

Strong, Humble, Enough

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

Great, Working, Nation

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Douglas MacArthur

Peace, War, Others

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

Age, Soul, Body

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

Words, Country, Honor

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
Douglas MacArthur

War, Fear, Country

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
Douglas MacArthur

War, Dreams, Strange

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
Douglas MacArthur

Another, Direction, Advancing

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.
Douglas MacArthur

Patriotism, Government, Fear

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.
Douglas MacArthur

Struggle, Brave, Against

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.
Douglas MacArthur

Faith, Shall, Based

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

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Douglas MacArthur

Give, Soul, Enthusiasm

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
Douglas MacArthur

War, Cannot, Opinion

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
Douglas MacArthur

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

War, Win, Enter

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

Life, Time, Done

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
Douglas MacArthur

Live, Long, Country

In war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthur

War, Victory, Substitute

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

Men, War, Friend

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
Douglas MacArthur

War, Fear, Country

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
Douglas MacArthur

Earth, Security

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.
Douglas MacArthur

History, Men, Hard

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.
Douglas MacArthur

Best, Yourself, Luck

You are remembered for the rules you break.
Douglas MacArthur

Rules, Break, Remembered

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 26, 1880

Died: April 5, 1964

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