2 quotes
"He is what his home, his religion, his schooling, and the moral code and ideals of his society have made him. The Army cannot unmake him. It must reckon with the fact that he comes from a civilization in which aggression connected with the taking of life, is prohibited and unacceptable"
- BG S. L. A. Marshall
Leadership
"In the midst of war, when all else is in flux, at least one thing stands fast. The methods, the self–discipline, and the personality that will best enable the officer to command efficiently during peace are identical with the requirements that fit him to shape new material most perfectly under the conditions of war. The power of decision develops only from practice. There is nothing mystic about it. It comes of a clear–eyed willingness to accept life’s risks, recognizing that only the enfeebled are comforted by thoughts of an existence devoid of struggle. It must be accepted that discipline does not break down under the strain of placing a testing demand upon the individual. It is sloth, not activity, that destroys discipline. There are no bad troops; there are only bad leaders."
- BG S. L. A. Marshall
Leadership