Will Marshall
Will Marshall
Will Marshall is one of the founders of the New Democrat movement, which aims to steer the US Democratic Party toward a more conservative orientation. Since its founding in 1989, he has been president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a think tank affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council...
attitude mind esprit-de-corps
Morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.
fighting political campaigns
Don't fight the problem, decide it.
determination airplane army
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. This Headquarters has come to the determination that the mystery airplanes are in fact not earthly and, according to secret intelligence sources, they are in all probability of interplanetary origin.
government imagination democracy
Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.
spiritual war military
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
military real distance
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.
years effort world
Discussions without end have been devoted to the subject of peace, and the efforts to obtain a general and lasting peace have been frequent through many years of world history.
want sitting asking
I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.
down-the-road evasion
Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.
vigilance eternal-vigilance eternal
The price of peace is eternal vigilance
military war mean
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.
complaining looks troops
When a general complains of the morale of his troops, the time has come to look at his own.
heart soul soldier
The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.
advice president election
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.