{"id":1879,"date":"2015-11-17T04:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T04:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2018-10-06T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:01:10","slug":"macarthur-douglas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/macarthur-douglas\/","title":{"rendered":"MacARTHUR, Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cCould I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me by war.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Address to National Institute of Social Sciences members (8 November 1951) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY; in \u201cNational Institute of Social Sciences Upon Being Awarded the Society\u2019s Gold Medal,\u201d General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964<\/em>, ed. Edward T. Imparato, Turner Publishing Co., 2000, p. 192, column 2<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to members of the National Institute of Social Sciences after receiving their society\u2019s gold medal]\n

\u201cIf the historian of the future should deem my service worthy of some slight reference, it would be my hope that he mention me not as a Commander engaged in campaigns and battles, even though victorious to American arms, but rather as that one whose sacred duty it became, once the guns were silenced, to carry to the land of our vanquished foe the solace and hope and faith of Christian morals. Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me by war.\u201d (p. 192, column 2)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: This quote appears on the MacArthur Monument in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 1-56311-589-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friends and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Farewell address to joint meeting of Congress (19 April 1951) in \u201cAddress of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur\u201d, House of Representatives report, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 82nd Congress, First Session<\/em>, Vol. 97, Part 3, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 4125, column 1. Transcript and video of MacArthur delivering speech also online via \u201cGeneral Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Address to Congress,\u201d American Rhetoric, www.americanrhetoric.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to U.S. Congress. Italics original to transcribed text] \u201cEfforts have been made to distort my position. It has been said, in effect, that I was a warmonger. Nothing<\/em> could be further from the truth. I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>[Congressional transcript]<\/span>: Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 82nd Congress, First Session<\/em>, Vol. 97, Part 3 (1951) online via U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO): https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/GPO-CRECB-1951-pt3\/pdf\/GPO-CRECB-1951-pt3-18.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/strong><\/em> <\/span>[Video & transcript]<\/span>: \u201cGeneral Douglas MacArthur: Farewell Address to Congress\u201d (19 April 1951) online via American Rhetoric [Note \u2013 scroll down page]: <\/span>http:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speeches\/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIn no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling and so irrevocable as in the military.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

\u201cAnnual Report of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1933\u201d (1933) in Report of the Secretary of War to the President<\/em>, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 21; online via University of Michigan, Google & Hathitrust, babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [MacArthur\u2019s formal annual report as the U.S. Army\u2019s Chief of Staff. Quote can be found immediately following the report subheading ‘Effect of Reduced Appropriations of Training Efficiency and Personnel.’]\n

\u201cIn no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling and so irrevocable as in the military.<\/p>\n

Suspension of military training or further slashing into the Army\u2019s existing organization would produce a tragic situation \u2013 a situation even more serious in its eventual results than that discussed in the preceding section. Efficiency would fall off rapidly. Future correction would involve years of intensive work to make good months of current neglect. In the event of an emergency, human and material costs and risk of defeat would be multiplied.\u201d (p. 21)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Report of the Secretary of War to the President<\/em> (1933) online via HathiTrust: https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=mdp.39015012257518;view=1up;seq=27<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIn war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide; and I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on an endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations (4 May 1951) in Military Situation in the Far East, Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, First Session, to Conduct an Inquiry into the Military Situation in the Far East and the Facts Surrounding the Relief of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur from his Assignments in that Area<\/em>, Part I (May 3-5, 7-12 & 14, 1951), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 1951, p. 145; online via University of California & HathiTrust, babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Testimony. MacArthur was responding to a remark from Senate Committee on Foreign Relations member J.W. Fulbright. Excerpt appears under subheading \u2018Chinese Peace Without Soviet Sanction\u2019]\n

\u201cNow, no man in the world is more anxious to avoid the expansion of war than I am. I am just 100 percent a believe against war. I believe the enormous sacrifices that have been brought about by the scientific methods of killing have rendered war a fantasic solution of international differences.<\/p>\n

In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide; and I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on an endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.\u201d (p. 145)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Military Situation in the Far East, Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-Second Congress, First Session<\/em> (1951) online via HathiTrust: https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=uc1.$b643205;view=1up;seq=155<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIn war, you win or lose, live or die \u2013 and the difference is just an eyelash.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

T<\/em>o General Richard (\u201cDick\u201d) Sutherland after completing a flight to Australia over Japanese-held territory in World War II (17 March 1942) recalled by MacArthur in Reminiscences<\/em>, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964 edition, p. 145<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em> [Memoir]\n

“It was close,” I remarked to Dick Sutherland when we landed, “but that\u2019s the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die \u2013 and the difference is just an eyelash.” (p. 145)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em> MacArthur\u2019s book was also excerpted in LIFE<\/em> magazine in July 1964: \u201cIn war,\u201d Douglas MacArthur said, \u201cyou will or lose, live or die \u2013 and the difference is in an eyelash.\u201d<\/p>\n

[\u201cA Leapfrog War Clears the Road for Return\u201d (10 July 1964) LIFE<\/em> magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2, New York: Time, Inc., p. 70]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Reminiscences<\/em> (1964) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 779346589<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI<\/strong>t is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Keynote address to Republican National Convention (7 July 1952) International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, text in Official Report of the Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth <\/em>Republican National Convention<\/em>, Washington D.C: Republican National Committee, p. 72; Video of address available via C-SPAN, \u201cGen. Douglas MacArthur Keynote Address,\u201d [41:23 minutes] www.c-span.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Keynote speech, 1952 Republican National Convention]\n

\u201cFew would take exception to the impulse, however idealistic, to support the preservation of freedom where we have done so much to implant the principles and spirit of freedom, but it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.\u201d (p. 72)<\/p>\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong> [Text]<\/span>: Official Report of the Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Republican National Convention<\/em> (1952) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 1998801<\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong> [Video]<\/span>: \u201cGen. Douglas MacArthur Keynote Address\u201d (7 July 1952) online via C-SPAN: https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?3985-1\/gen-douglas-macarthur-keynote-address<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI<\/strong>t is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Address to the Michigan legislature (15 May 1952) Lansing, Michigan; in General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964<\/em>, ed. Edward T. Imparato, Turner Publishing Co., 2000, p. 206, column 1<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to Michigan\u2019s state legislature]\n

\u201cIndeed, it is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which has bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. While such an economy may produce a sense of seeming prosperity for the moment, it rests on an illusionary foundation of complete unreliability and renders among our political leaders almost a greater fear of peace than is their fear of war. A day of reckoning and adjustment is inevitably ahead when we find that the resources with which we might have cushioned the shock of readjustment and reconversion have been recklessly expended.\u201d (p. 206)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 Library – General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 1-56311-589-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cMoral courage, the courage of one\u2019s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in constant conspiracy against the brave. It\u2019s the age-old struggle \u2013 the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Commenting on what he learned while attending the United States Military Academy, West Point (26 January 1964) Waldorf Astoria, New York City, NY; excerpt in \u201cOld Solider MacArthur Marks 84th Birthday,\u201d United Press International (UPI) article by H.D Quigg, The Times<\/em>, Shreveport, Louisiana, Vol. 93, No. 61, p. 1, column 7; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Remarks to West Point Cadets about what he learned while attending the military school. The quote cited here is the last of four points.]\n

\u201cLast, but not least, courage \u2013 moral courage, the courage of one\u2019s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in constant conspiracy against the brave. It\u2019s the age-old struggle \u2013 the roar of the crowd on one side and the voice of your conscience on the other.\u201d (p. 1, column 7)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: MacArthur graduated from West Point in 1903. He later served as the school\u2019s superintendent from 1919 \u2013 1922, and maintained close ties with the school and West Point cadets throughout his life. The quote here are remarks MacArthur made to a small group of visiting West Point cadets, who visited MacArthur on his 84th birthday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. MacArthur died a few months later on April 5, 1964.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cOld Solider MacArthur Marks 84th Birthday\u201d (26 January 1964) The Shreveport Times<\/em>, via Newspapers.com: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/217335599\/?terms=%22It%27s%2Bthe%2Bage-old%2Bstruggle%22%2B%2B%2BMacArthur<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Statement advocating for an immediate increase in U.S. aid to Great Britain in World War II, (sent before the U.S. had formally entered the war). Delivered by cable to William Allen White, Chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (16 September 1940) United Press (U.P.), \u201cGen. MacArthur for Added Aid to Britain,\u201d St. Louis Star & Times<\/em>, St. Louis, MO, p. 4, column 4; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Newspaper report, citing cable sent by MacArthur from the Philippine Islands]\n

\u201cIn a message to the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, MacArthur said, \u201cthe history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words \u2013 too late. Too late in comprehending the deadly purpose of a potential enemy. Too late in preparedness. Too late in uniting all possible forces for resistance. Too late in standing by one\u2019s friends.\u201d (p. 4, column 4)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cGen. MacArthur for Added Aid to Britain\u201d (16 September 1940) St. Louis Star & Times<\/em>, online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/205491984\/?terms=%22history%2Bof%2Bfailure%2Bin%2Bwar%2Bcan%2Balmost%2Bbe%2Bsummed%2Bup%2Bin%2Btwo%2Bwords%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

\u201cSylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address\u201d (12 May 1962) Address to members of the Association of Graduates, U.S.M.A, the Corps of Cadets and <\/em>Distinguished Guests<\/em>, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, New York; audio of speech and image of original presentation program copy online via Vimeo, \u201cGeneral Douglas\u00a0MacArthur USMA 1962: Duty, Honor, Country,\u201d [41:44 minutes] www.vimeo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Speech] \u201cThe long gray line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses, thundering those magic words: Duty, Honor, Country.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Speech Audio]<\/span>: \u201cGeneral Douglas MacArthur USMA 1962: Duty, Honor, Country\u201d (12 May 1962) online via Vimeo: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/27105152<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Transcript]<\/span>: \u201cSlyvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address\u201d (12 May 1962) transcript online via American Rhetoric: http:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speeches\/douglasmacarthurthayeraward.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWar has become a Frankenstein to destroy both sides….If you lose, you are annihilated. If you win, you stand only to lose. No longer does it possess the chance of the winner of a duel – it contains rather the germs of double suicide.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Address to American Legion-sponsored banquet (26 January 1955) Los Angeles, CA; in \u201cCan War Now Be Outlawed?,\u201d Bataan<\/em>, Vol. XII, No. 9, February-March 1955; in volume Bataan, Vol. XII (May 1954-August 1955), Washington, D.C.: Bataan Publishing, page number not shown; online via Indiana University Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Re-quotes” tab_id=”1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: MacArthur repeated slightly different versions of this quote to other audiences. Two examples include:<\/p>\n

5 July 1961<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Address to Philippine Congress<\/u>: \u201cGlobal war has become a Frankenstein to destroy both sides. No longer is it a weapon of adventure \u2013 the shortcut to international power. If you lose, you are annihilated. If you win, you stand only to lose. No longer does it possess even the chance of the winner of a duel. It contains now only the germs of double suicide<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: \u201cWar can no longer settle international disputes, MacArthur declares…\u201d (5 July 1961) Port Angeles Evening News<\/em>, Port Angeles, Washington, p. 3, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

11 June 1961<\/u><\/strong> \u2013Michigan State University commencement address<\/u>: \u201cGlobal war has become a Frankenstein to destroy both sides. No longer can it be a successful weapon of international adventure. If you lose, you are annihilated. If you win, you stand only to lose. No longer does it possess even the chance of the winner of a duel – it contains now only the germs of double suicide<\/span>.\u201d (p. 236)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: \u201c101st Commencement Address\u201d (11 June 1961) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; in General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964, ed. Edward T. Imparato, Turner Publishing Co., 2000, p. 236, column 2]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Address to banquet sponsored by the American Legion]\n

\u201cWar has become a Frankenstein to destroy both sides. No longer can it be a successful weapon of adventure whereby a short cut to international power and wealth \u2013 a place in the sun \u2013 can be gained. If you lose, you are annihilated. If you win, you stand only to lose. No longer does it possess the chance of the winner of a duel – it contains rather the germs of double suicide. Science has clearly outmoded it as a feasible arbiter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source]<\/span>: Bataan<\/em>, Vol. XII (February-March 1955) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=i3bTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29-IA88&dq=Global+war+has+become+a+Frankenstein+to+destroy+both+sides.++No+longer+is+it+a+weapon+of+adventure+%E2%80%93+the+shortcut+to+international+power.+If+you+lose,+you+are+annihilated.++If+you+win,+you+stand+only+to+lose.<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[5 July 1961 re-quote]<\/span>: \u201cWar can no longer settle international disputes, MacArthur declares…\u201d (5 July 1961) Port Angeles Evening News, via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/17827214\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[11 June 1961 re-quote]<\/span>: Library – General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964<\/em> (2000) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 1-56311-589-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cWar\u2019s very object is victory – not prolonged indecision. In war, indeed, there is no substitute for victory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Douglas MacArthur<\/strong>, American military leader<\/p>\n

Farewell address to joint meeting of Congress (19 April 1951) in \u201cAddress of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur\u201d, House of Representatives report, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 82nd Congress, First Session<\/em>, Vol. 97, Part 3, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 4125, column 1. Transcript and video of MacArthur delivering speech also online via \u201cGeneral Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Address to Congress\u201d, American Rhetoric, www.americanrhetoric.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d5381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: While the line \u201cin war there is no substitute for victory\u201d is often attributed as a MacArthur original, he wasn\u2019t the first to express the idea and even the exact phrase. Earlier examples include:<\/p>\n