“Don’t fight the problem, decide it.”
As quoted in The Wise Men (1986) by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
As quoted in General of the Army : George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman (1991) by Ed Cray, p. 591
Variant: Don't fight the problem. Decide it!
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