“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.”
Quote by George C. Marshall
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George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall, a former United States Secretary of Defense, was born on December 31, 1880, and died on October 16, 1959. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army during World War II and proposed the Marshall Plan after the war, which had a profound impact on the reconstruction of Europe. more
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