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"I
had never before met so vivid, so captivating, so magnetic a man.
He was all that Barrymore and John Drew hoped to be… His staff
adored him, his men worshipped him, and he seemed entirely without
vanity."
-William Allen White (Arkansas Journalist)
"You
couldn't shrug your shoulders at Douglas MacArthur…There was
nothing bland about him, nothing passive about him, nothing dull
about him. There's no question about his patriotism, there's no
question about his courage, and there's no question, it seems to
me, about his importance as one of the protagonist of the 20th century."
-David MaCullough (A Historian)
"He
was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring
and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst
of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No
more falling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. Flamboyant,
imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo,
could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes
with shy, childish tricks. Yet he was also endowed with great personal
charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect. Unquestionably he
was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced."
-William Manchester (A Biographer)
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