Douglas MacArthur Quotes

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

In war, there is no substitute for victory.

A general must be indifferent to pain.

I shall return.

There is no security on this earth, only opportunity.

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

You are remembered for the rules you break.

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.

There is no substitute for knowledge, no matter how good you are.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

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.

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.

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

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

I’m concerned about the commies, but I’m more concerned about the lack of schoolbooks.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

We are not retreating — we are advancing in another direction.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to.

The best way to win an argument is to start by being right.

I am a knight of the cross, a soldier in the army of God.

Douglas MacArthur Quotes part 2

I can’t understand these chaps who go round Americanizing their name.

The soldier’s main enemy is not opposing soldiers but his own state of mind.

No law ever written has stopped any robber, rapist, or killer, like cold blue steel in the hands of a law-abiding person.

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

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

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

I plan to give you the greatest bombings ever.

Experience has taught us that expansion is a dangerous procedure — expansion beyond the relatively easy process of putting surplus men in surplus places.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Our Country won’t go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now.

War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision.

The Pacific was an ocean of peace–we turned it into a battleground.

I fear for our country when I see young Americans paraded on television like they were fresh meat.

I should never have been supported to conduct a campaign which had for its sole purpose the joining of Johnston and Pemberton.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear—kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervour—with the cry of grave national emergency.

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.

I have just returned from visiting the Marquis de Lafayette, a man whose fame is only overshadowed by his modesty.

But one cannot forever stand against an age and half a world.

This decision of the court was an outrage to the American people.

The soldier is the Army. No Army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.

Our nation… is defined by the ideals of freedom, justice, and equality for all. Our work … is a testament to what can be achieved when diverse individuals work together for the greater good.

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.

Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals.

In war, there is no substitute for victory.

A general must get closer to the front than anyone else.

Fly-Fight-Win.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

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.

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