Douglas Macarthur said this quote

“ 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. ”

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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

~ Douglas Macarthur

This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: Only the dead have seen the end of war.

~ Douglas Macarthur

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

~ Douglas Macarthur

The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.

~ Douglas Macarthur