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Douglas MacArthur

Born: January 26, 1880

Died: April 5, 1964

Nationality: American

Occupation: General

Biography: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

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Douglas MacArthur

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

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: Remarks at the Surrender Ceremonies (2 Sept. 1945). Original: "A better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage - a world founded upon faith and understanding". As quoted in: General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964, 2000, p. 136

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Douglas MacArthur

“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: As quoted in: General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964, p. 249

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Douglas MacArthur

“Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: Address to the Annual Stockholder's Meeting of the Sperry Rand Corporation, New York, 30 July 1957

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Douglas MacArthur

“Americans never quit.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: As quoted in "Douglas MacArthur: What Greater Honor", Janet Benge, Geoff Benge, YWAM Publishing, 2004, p. 83

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Douglas MacArthur

“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.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: As quoted in: Safire's Political Dictionary, William Safire, Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 494

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Douglas MacArthur

“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, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: "A Father's Prayer". As quoted in "General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions", compiled by Edward T. Imparato, Turner Publishing Company, 2000, p. 158

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Douglas MacArthur

“Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: As quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 44, 1954, p. 76

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Douglas MacArthur

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

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: Duty, Honor, Country: A Pictorial Autobiography, McGraw-Hill, 1965, p. 213

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Douglas MacArthur

“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.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: As quoted in: LIFE magazine, 25 Jun 1951, Vol. 30, No. 26, p. 42

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Douglas MacArthur

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

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: Outskirts of Seoul, 21 Sept. 1950. As quoted in: United States Marines, Thomas A. Siefring, Hamlyn, 1979, p. 164

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Douglas MacArthur

“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.”

- Douglas MacArthur

Source/Notes: Reminiscences by Douglas MacArthur, Naval Institute Press, 1964, p. 404, "Soldier's Return"

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Douglas MacArthur

“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, I've 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?”

- Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur

“I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.”

- Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur

“In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.”

- Douglas MacArthur

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