63 Quotes by George C. Marshall

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

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

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

What other people do shouldn’t affect you – we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be.

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.

I don’t want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

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.

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.

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.