Leadership

“You have to lead men in war by requiring more from the individual than he thinks he can do. You have to lead men in war by bringing them along to endure and to display qualities of fortitude that are beyond the average man’s thought of what he should be expected to do. You have to inspire them when they are hungry and exhausted and desperately uncomfortable and in great danger; and only a man of positive characteristics of leadership, with the physical stamina that goes with it, can function under those conditions.”–1940 to Senate Military Affairs Committee

To find other items that the Marshall Foundation has on leadership, search “leadership” in the library catalog: https://www.marshallfoundation.org/library/results/

Digitized items in the George C. Marshall archives:

2-109 To Brigadier General Lesley J. McNair, January 24, 1940

51.06.06 Remarks Washington University Graduation Ceremony

6-100 Memorandum for Mr. Lovett, August 8, 1947

6-110 Radio Address on the United Nations, September 14, 1947

6-128 Memorandum for the President, November 7, 1947

6-184 Remarks to the National Farm Institute Annual Meeting, February 13, 1948

6-192 Draft Remarks to the Virginia American Legion and the VMI Club, February 23, 1948

6-193 To Arthur H. Vandenberg, February 24, 1948

6-198 Statement to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 3, 1948

European Recovery Program

Universal Military Training