Macarthur Quotes

“This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

“Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.”

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

“There is no substitute for victory.”

“Life is a lively process of becoming.”

“A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.”

“Americans never quit.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.”