Marine Quotes - Page 4

• I'm going to fight my way out, I'm going to take all my equipment and all my wounded and as many dead as I can. If we can't get out this way, this Division will never fight as a unit again.

  Oliver P. Smith

  Military, Army, Fighting

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• Wherever you are or whatever your job, don't be confused or diverted by false priorities. We have only one mission to perform-that is to fight and win. And, we must do it better than anyone else in the world.

  Leslie E. Brown

  Inspirational, Jobs, Confused

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• My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Beach, Ocean, Heart

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Favorite Poems”, p.45, Courier Corporation

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• My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Beach, Ocean, Sea

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.189

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• You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you — I like brawling.

  James Mattis

  Fun, Military, Fighting

  "Everything You Need to Know About Gen. James Mattis" by Luis Martinez, abcnews.go.com. December 1, 2016.

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• I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Years, Lightning

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• Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

  William Shakespeare

  Ocean, Men, Sea

  'Pericles, Prince Of Tyre' (1606-8) act 2, sc. 1, l. [29]

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• I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.

  Sylvia Earle

  Real, Ocean, Sea

  "Ambassador for the World's Oceans". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. January 27, 1991.

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• There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.

  James Brady

  Military, Men, Order

  James Brady (2007). “The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea”, p.9, Macmillan

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.

  Philip Caputo

  War, Mean, Men

  Philip Caputo (2014). “A Rumor of War”, p.6, Macmillan

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• There is more to military units than hardware. There is the character of the unit's personnel: their strengths, experience, and knowledge, their ability to get along and work together amid the horrors of the battlefield. There is an almost undefinable quality. That quality is the Marine Corps' secret weapon. Their edge. That quality is their ethos.

  Tom Clancy

  Military, Character, Ethos

  Tom Clancy (1996). “Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit”, p.2, Penguin

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• I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence.

  Edward Johnson

  Feelings, Usmc, United States

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• Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops.

  Colin Powell

  Lying, Military, Mean

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• ...let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Records, Admiration

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• War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive. But it also taught us loyalty to each other - and love. That espirit de corps sustained us.

  Eugene B. Sledge

  Loyalty, War, Taught Us

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• ...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, United States, Today

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• It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.

  Ted Williams

  Thinking, Years, Funny Things

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• If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship as the officers. Instead of decreasing the Corps, I would rather hope to see a large increase, for we feel the want of Marines very much.

  David Dixon Porter

  Hope, Military, Army

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• For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with their plucky spirit and sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy leaders at Pearl Harbor, struggling to protect what was left of the shattered Pacific Fleet, canceled a relief mission, allowing the island and its defenders to fall without support. Wake damaged the long-standing trust between the Corps and the Navy, a memory that still rankles Marines and shames sailors.

  Tom Clancy

  Memories, Struggle, Fall

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• The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.

  Keith B. McCutcheon

  Integrity, Military, Team

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• I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the finished product was worth the pain. I blazed triumphantly forth, a Marine from throat to waist. The emblem is still with me. Nothing on earth but skinning will remove it.

  Smedley Butler

  Hurt, Pain, Devil

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• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

  Elmer Davis

  Country, Courage, Veterans Day

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• Without the brave efforts of all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and their families, this Nation, along with our allies around the world, would not stand so boldly, shine so brightly and live so freely.

  Lane Evans

  Shining, Effort, Brave

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• If any of you get hernias in this tug-of-war against the Army, I'll pay to get them fixed.

  Robert E. Haebel

  War, Army, Pay

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