Douglas Macarthur

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

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

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

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.

If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.

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

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.

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.

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.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

People of the Philippines: I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil—soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples. We have come dedicated and committed to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring upon a foundation of indestructible strength, the liberties of your people.

Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

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.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.