Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthurwas an American five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He 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., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 January 1880
CityLittle Rock, AR
CountryUnited States of America
Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death - the seas bear only commerce - men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
Security lies in our ability to produce.
There's no security on this earth, only opportunity.
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory
Old Soldiers Never Die (Farewell Address to Congress),
Up to fifty atomic bombs should be dropped on Chinese cities,
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
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.
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.
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.