To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.

The representatives of business interests are the men to start this enterprise among our people and bring them to a full realization of the very grave seriousness of this war, to make them feel that we are in this war to win, and the probability is that our entering this war is going to be the deciding factor, and that the burden of the success is going to rest upon the United States.