Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
Douglas MacArthurI had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
Douglas MacArthurNo man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Douglas MacArthurThe 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