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John J. Pershing Quotes

1860–1948 United States

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I want to see all of my people and speak to them so that we may forever be friends.

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

I am very sorry these Moros are such fools—but this Dajo will not mean the slaughter of women and children, nor hasty assaults against strong entrenchments. I shall lose as few men and kill as few Moros as possible.

In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.

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