George Marshall Quotes

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.

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.

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.

The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.

Not one American soldier is going to die on that goddamned beach.

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.

I cannot afford the luxury of sentiment, mine must be cold logic.

You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration — and vital is the correct meaning of the term — of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.

I would say—when the fighting is at its fiercest, it is invariably the Infantry that carries the ball over for the touchdown.

I cannot afford the luxury of sentiment, mine must be cold logic. Sentiment is for others.