“When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.”

— George Marshall

As quoted in "George C. Marshall and the Marshall Plan: A Model of Transformational Diplomacy" (2005) by Tom Callahan http://web.archive.org/web/20050616023457/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/dc/rks/47848.htm

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US military leader, Army Chief of Staff 1880–1959

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