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Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
George C. Marshall
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George C. Marshall
Age: 78 †
Born: 1880
Born: December 31
Died: 1959
Died: October 16
American Football Player
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of Defense
Military Officer
Politician
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
George Catlett Marshall
Jr.
George C. Marshall
George Catlett Marshall
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As to my political faith- I have never voted. My father was a Democrat, my mother a Republican, and I am an Episcopalian.
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We are in the middle of a world revolution, and I don't mean Communism. The revolution I'm talking about is that of the little, poor people all over the world. They're beginning to learn what there is in life, and to learn what they are missing.
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We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.
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The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him he cannot be relied on and will fail himself and his commander and his country in the end.
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I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.
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I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president.
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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.
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The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.
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The choice is between acting with energy or losing by default.
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Discussions without end have been devoted to the subject of peace, and the efforts to obtain a general and lasting peace have been frequent through many years of world history.
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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.
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If you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy.
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Don't fight the problem, decide it.
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The patient is sinking while the doctors deliberate.
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It seems to be hard wired into our pleasure centres to move to music.
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