Birth: January 10, 1867 Death: November 20, 1942
Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be counted on. Th….
Fleets cannot operate without bases..
From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after gen….
Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group ….
A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops..
The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of tea….
We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of f….
The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may be ass….