"Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness." (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Prezackly.

JL

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > In Charlie's DMP Oas "Don't...")  but not in YBQ. Known to millions
> because
> > John Wayne says it in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949). 121,000 hits.
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> > The movie is based partly on the short story "Command," by James
> Warner
> > Bellah, which appeared in the _Saturday Evening Post_ for June 8,
> 1946.
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> > The quotation is on p. 78:
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> > "Mister Cohill, never apologize. It's a mark [sic] of weakness."
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