Usmc Quotes

There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline...you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

James Mattis

Military, Discipline, Hunters

"Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq". Book by Thomas E. Ricks, armedforcesjournal.com. July 2006.

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The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain range, without counting, and who will suffer and die in the midst of incredible hardship, without complaint, is still what he has always been, from Imperial Rome to sceptered Britain to democratic America. He is the stuff of which legions are made. His pride is in his colors and his regiment, his training hard and thorough and coldly realistic, to fit him for what he must face and his obedience is to his orders. He has been called United States Marine.

T. R. Fehrenbach

Pride, Marine, Fighting

T. R. Fehrenbach (2014). “This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War”, p.482, Open Road Media

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Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

James Mattis

Bad Ass, Marine Corps, Sniping

"'Fiasco'". armedforcesjournal.com. August 01, 2006.

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The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!

Eleanor Roosevelt

Thank You, Military, Marine

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We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing!

John W. Vessey, Jr.

Running, Marine, Army

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Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

Victor H. Krulak

Motivational, Military, Marine

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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, Marine

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

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It's quite fun to fight them, 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

Peace, Fun, Military

"General: It's 'fun to shoot some people'". edition.cnn.com. February 4, 2005.

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The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

William Halsey

Country, New York, Military

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I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.

Jonathan Winters

Military, Marine, Proud

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The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand.

Richard Harding Davis

Military, Marine, Hands

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They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.

Thomas Holcomb

Military, Marine, Atmosphere

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I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

Douglas MacArthur

Military, Fighting, Marine

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I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

Winston Churchill

Military, Marine, World

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Goddamn it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!

Henry Pierson Crowe

Military, Heart, Marine

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Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.

Rodney Stark

Military, Mean, Marine

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A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

David Dixon Porter

Military, Marine, Buttons

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I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.

Clifton B. Cates

Suicide, Military, Marine

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We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

James L. Jones

Military, Marine, Two

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A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Military, Marine, Knights

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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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Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.

Phil Hartman

Mean, Marine, Forever

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The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.

Wesley Clark

Marine, Call Of Duty, Marine Corps

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The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

John J. Pershing

Military, Marine, Rifles

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Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.

Chesty Puller

Marine, Differences, Long

Speech by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, archive.defense.gov. August 10, 2012.

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