Douglas MacArthur Quotes About History

Quotes about: History

• They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Love, Men, History

• We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, History, Triumph

  Radio Broadcast to the Nation Following the USS Missouri Surrender Ceremony, delivered 2 September 1945, USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan

• It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Winning, Eyelashes

  Jules Archer, Douglas MacArthur (1973). “Front-line general”

• Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but
  victories.

  Douglas MacArthur

  History, Victory, Liberty

• 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

  Life, Peace, War

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.17, Turner Publishing Company

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