James Mattis Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting

• Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.

  James Mattis

  Heart, Fighting, Enemy

  "Battlefield speeches and PETA". James Mattis' message to the 1st Marine Division on the eve of the Iraq War, www.weeklystandard.com. April 7, 2003.

• 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.

• For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in the past battles - who fought for life and never lost their nerve - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean. Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

  James Mattis

  Life, Country, Military

  "Eve of Battle Speech". "The Weekly Standard" Magazine, March 1, 2003.

• Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.

  James Mattis

  Fun, Fighting, Hell

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• We face now an era where we're going to be fighting the terrorist threat. I mean, that's simply a reality we are going to have to address that one.

  James Mattis

  Mean, Fighting, Reality

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• ISIS is a threat to all civilized nations. America's intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We're not going to allow them to do so. We're going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate.

  James Mattis

  Home, Fighting, Fighter

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• 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.

• I think as we look at this problem of ISIS, it's more than just an army. It's also a fight about ideas. And we have got to dry up their recruiting. We have got to dry up their fundraising. The way we intend to do it is to humiliate them, to divorce them from any nation giving them protection, and humiliating their message of hatred, of violence. Anyone who kills women and children is not devout. They have - they cannot dress themselves up in false religious garb and say that somehow this message has dignity.

  James Mattis

  Religious, Children, Divorce

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.

  James Mattis

  Inspirational, Courage, War

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