A biography for Douglas MacArthurhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.”
“I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?”
“You are remembered for the rules you break.”
“Part 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.”