Douglas MacArthur Quotes (60 Quotes)

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die it requires careful preparation.

Americans never quit.

Erickson gave an address to the group gathered for the last time in Mankato that he described as very emotional. He told the group how gratifying it was to see all the young people, there to help and to learn. We were once many now we are so few, ... 'Old soldiers never die they just fade away.' I declare this unit disbanded.

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.

There's no security on this earth, only opportunity.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

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.

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory