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George Marshall
George Marshall (1880 - 1959)
American military leader
Sourced:
- If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.
- Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army ( 1 September 1945)
- The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.
- Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army ( 1 September 1945)
- Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.
- Address at Harvard upon the European Recovery Plan, usually known as The Marshall Plan (5 June 1947)
- It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.
- Military Review (October 1948)
- Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.
- Military Review (October 1948)
Attributed:
- Don't fight the problem, decide it.
- I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.
- Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
- When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.
Quotes by others about George Marshall:
- "A man devoted to the daily study of war on several continents with all the ardour of a certified public accountant."
- "I couldn't sleep nights, George, if you were out of Washington."
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