George Marshall (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. George Marshall was born on 31 December 1880, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States. He attended the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and graduated in 1901. Marshall had a distinguished military career, serving in various roles both in the United States and abroad.
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Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.The soldier’s heart, the soldier’s spirit, the soldier’s soul, are everything.The choice is between acting with energy or losing by default.Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.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.Regarding the air raid over Los Angeles it was learned by Army G2 that Rear Admiral Anderson…recovered an unidentified airplane off the coast of California…with no bearing on conventional explanation.I must have assistants who will solve their own problems and tell me later what they’ve done.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 otherDemocracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.We must stop setting our sights by the light of each passing ship; instead we must set our course by the stars.The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.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.Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.What other people do shouldn’t affect you – we do things because of the kind of person we each want to beThe 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.
