George C. Marshall

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.

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.

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.

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.

I must have assistants who will solve their own problems and tell me later what they've done.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

I can't expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.

Don't fight the problem, decide it.

The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our armed forces and our valuable material to be immobilized within the continental United States.

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.