8 Douglas MacArthur Quotes on Leadership

Douglas MacArthur quotes on leadership

2. I said, to the people of the Philippines whence I came, I shall return. Tonight, I repeat those words: I shall return!

4. I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

9. 'Duty, Honor, Country' - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

17. I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.

18. Here 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.

34. You are remembered for the rules you break.

36. commenting retrospectively on General Eisenhower, his Chief of Staff in the Philippines prior to WWII- 'He was the best clerk I ever had.'

37. after hearing of the heavy casualties at the European front compared to his SW Pacific front ' Good commanders don't turn in heavy casualties'