"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him." ― Douglas MacArthur Topic(s): Good More From Douglas MacArthur "I have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes." "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?" "Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war." More In Good "I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good."― Socrates "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."― James A. Baldwin "Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe