No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas Macarthur

Chapter 52. A Patriot Be

Patriotism has always been a primary consideration of civic and military leaders. These leaders swear oaths of loyalty to their nation when they assume their positions. Patriotism is no less important for today's business leaders. Many companies have expanded far beyond borders of their home country, but the benefits and protections extended by the United States remain the foundational element of their very existence.

MacArthur never took his American citizenship for granted. To him, it was the greatest of all privileges. In 1948, he told the Los Angeles Examiner:

I am an American! In that birthright is found the most precious heritage known to man. For there are embodied within it as rights, inviolate and inalienable, ...