Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but Douglas MacArthur More Quotes by Douglas MacArthur More Quotes From Douglas MacArthur I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold! Douglas MacArthur i-canwarworld Global war has become Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides. Douglas MacArthur sidesmonsterswar A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies. Douglas MacArthur toilsweatsoldier I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander. Douglas MacArthur formerwarenemy There is no security. Only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur securityopportunity In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. Douglas MacArthur divine-guidanceperspectivewar It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh. Douglas MacArthur ifsfleshspiritual Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always. Douglas MacArthur prayingwarworld Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream . . . But we must go on or we will all go under. And the great criticism that can be made is that the world lacks a plan that will enable us to go on . . . We must have sufficient imagination and courage to translate the universal wish for peace - which is rapidly becoming a universal necessity - into actuality. Douglas MacArthur imaginationdreamwar I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised. Douglas MacArthur humilityhomewar While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other. Douglas MacArthur asiaimpacteurope In the mighty and almost limitless potential of American industry-the brilliance and rugged determination of its leaders; the skill, energy and patriotism of its workers-there has been welded an almost impregnable defense against the evil designs of any who would threaten the security of the American continent. It is indeed the most forceful and convincing argument yet evolved to restrain the irresponsibility of those who would recklessly bring down upon the good and peace-loving peoples of all the nations of the earth the disaster of total war. Douglas MacArthur skillsdeterminationwar He thus reaps the full fruits which result from his toil and labors with the incentive of free enterprise to maximize his effort to achieve increasing production. Representing over a half of Japan's total population, the agriculture workers have become an invincible barrier against the advance of socialistic ideas which would relegate all to the indignity of state servitude. Douglas MacArthur japanwisdomideas Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. Douglas MacArthur please-megivingwar The President of the United States ordered me to break through the Japanese lines and proceed from Corregidor to Australia for the purpose, as I understand it, of organizing the American offensive against Japan, a primary objective of which is the relief of the Philippines. I came through and I shall return. Douglas MacArthur break-throughjapanmilitary Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war not blots out this alternative. Douglas MacArthur militarymenwar 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 warpeacelife While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old. Douglas MacArthur politicalmenwar Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. Douglas MacArthur I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur
