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Any man facing a major decision acts, consciously or otherwise, upon the training and beliefs of a lifetime.

— Ernest King Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (1952)

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Initiative means freedom to act, but it does not mean freedom to act in an offhand or casual manner.

CINCUS to Vandegrift for his flyers- Many happy returns Sunday and congratulations- Keep knocking them off.

Machines are as nothing without men. Men are as nothing without morale.

Anyone who won't take a chance now and then isn't worth a damn.

I don't care how good they are. Unless they get a kick in the ass every six weeks, they'll slack off.

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