Quotes About MacArthur

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The general once described Eisenhower as "the best clerk I ever had," and after serving MacArthur as an aide in both Washington and the Philippines, Eisenhower was well versed in his theatrical ways. "In many ways MacArthur is as big a baby as ever," Eisenhower noted. "But we've got to keep him fighting." 20

General Macarthur said sharply: 'Of course it won´t come. We´re counting on the motor-boat to take us off the island. That´s the meaning of the whole business. We´re not going to leave the island...None of us will ever leave...It´s the end, you see-the end of everything...

Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.

What had happened in the Chinese civil war as much as anything else reflected those changes, something MacArthur never chose to understand. Part of that was his very nature, and what had become the nature of his mystique. He did not ask questions; that would imply there was something he did not know. Instead he was oracular, the man that others came to hear. Major

This was especially relevant in Korea, a new kind of limited war, which demanded all sorts of political decisions and a certain pragmatism that was alien to MacArthur's sense of duty. Eisenhower thought a younger commander would have been far more appropriate than, as he phrased it, "an untouchable." There was also the danger with MacArthur that he had begun to see his mission in Asia in a quasi-religious light, as the leader of a holy crusade against a godless enemy.

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.

My main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Fellowship awarded in the field of Panda Satire.

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.

We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.

If I wasn't touring, I wasn't making money. When I got the MacArthur, I could get off that hamster wheel. It meant I didn't have to do anything.

September 15, 1950, MacArthur launched a brilliantly conceived and executed amphibious landing at Inchon, trapping a large North Korean force after walking ashore several times to ensure a good take for the cameras, his ever-present corncob pipe jutting from his jaw.

I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

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.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.

The biggest blunder in the history of this country was when President Truman pulled General MacArthur out of China.

Yes, Prime Minister," said MacArthur, "it's a warship. Sticking out of a mountain, thousands of feet above sea level." Curtin

When I won the MacArthur, I didn't receive a different amount of money than the men did.

I thought about my friend and wondered if his ghost was here with Macarthur. Or maybe they were in heaven somewhere watching me sing with Gecko telling the old man he was getting goosebumps.

My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain.

No one's exploits in the division had glowed more incandescently than those of Douglas MacArthur. He was that rarity, a courageous exhibitionist, a fearless showoff, a man who had done it all and wanted the world to know.

The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.