George Marshall quotes

“Don't fight the problem, decide it.”

— George Marshall

“When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.”

— George Marshall

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

— George Marshall

“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”

— George Marshall

“Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.”

— George Marshall

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

— George Marshall

“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.”

— George Marshall

“I will give you the best I have.”

— George Marshall

“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.”

— George Marshall