General Douglas MacArthur Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by General Douglas MacArthur
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“I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier of 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 light to see that duty. Goodbye.”
Retirement Quotes
Source: in a speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress
“There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.”
Security Quotes
“A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.”
Understanding Quotes
“In war there is no substitute for victory.”
Victory Quotes
“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.”
Inspirational Quotes
“There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.”
Inspirational Quotes
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.”
Politics / government Quotes
“The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power.”
Politics / government Quotes
“Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.”
Politics / government Quotes
“From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea--written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo--There is no substitute for victory!”
Politics / government Quotes
“I shall return.”
Politics / government Quotes
“In war there is no substitute for victory.”
Politics / government Quotes
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