"I shall return."
(Arriving in Australia from the Philippines, 3/30/42. He had retreated in the face of the Japanese offensive.)

"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."
(Amphibious landing on Leyte, 10/17/44)

"In war there is no substitute for victory."
"I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day, which proclaimed that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. I now close my military career and just fade away."
(Address to a joint session of Congress, 4/19/51. He was the commander of American forces in Korea where he turned the tide against the North Koreans and Chinese. He wanted to go further and enter mainland China and suggested the Nationalist Chinese (from Formosa = Taiwan) join him. President Truman, as Commander-in-Chief, ordered him back to the U.S. and fired him. Truman did not want to risk a major war with Mao. American public opinion was strongly on the side of MacArthur. In a show of support the Congress invited him to a joint session to address the nation.)