A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Douglas MacArthurPart of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
Douglas MacArthurHere are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
Douglas MacArthurTalk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions - those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
Douglas MacArthur