Quotes by Douglas MacArthur

“The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.”

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier in that 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 sight to see that duty.”

“Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of ones convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. Its the age-old struggle - the roar of the crowd on one side and the”

“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.”

“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.”

“I shall return.”

“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, Ive 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?”

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”

“By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father”

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

“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do”

“An old fox understands the trap”

“An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young”

“The absence of war is not peace.”

“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.”

“Give me an army of West Point graduates and Ill win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and Ill win the war.”

“Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.”

“Out of lifes school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger”

“The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities”

“I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”