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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.

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.

George C. Marshall
Military, Fighting, Winning
Military Review, October 1948.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

George C. Marshall
Spiritual, Military, War
"A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2004.

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 other.

George C. Marshall
Determination, Military, Struggle
"The Papers of George Catlett Marshall" by the George C. Marshall Foundation, Vol. 3, 1991.

When a general complains of the morale of his troops, the time has come to look at his own.

George C. Marshall
Military, Troops, Complaining

An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America of the character of the problem and the remedies to be applied. ... It is virtually impossible at this distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment.

George C. Marshall
Military, Real, Distance
The Marshall Plan, delivered 5 June 1947 at Harvard University

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.

George C. Marshall
Military, Political, Problem

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.

George C. Marshall
Military, Defense, Consideration
"The Papers of George Catlett Marshall" by the George C. Marshall Foundation, Vol. 2, Ch. 2,, 1986.

There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable to me as it quite evidently appears to others. I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war. ... The cost of war in human lives is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. I am deeply moved to find some means or method of avoiding another calamity of war.

George C. Marshall
Military, War, Mean
George C. Marshall's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, nobelprize.org. December 11, 1953.

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.

George C. Marshall
Military, War, Enemy
"Times-Herald" (Washington, D.C.), (p. 1), March 3, 1942.

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.

George C. Marshall
Military, Fall, Army
Speech to the Overseas Press Club, March 1, 1945.

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