James Mattis Quotes - Page 2

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• Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

  James Mattis

  Long, People, Enemy

  "Key commanders have their say on Afghanistan" by Walter Pincus, www.washingtonpost.com. March 7, 2012.

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• Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.

  James Mattis

  Military, Real, Mean

  "General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Email About Being 'Too Busy To Read' Is A Must-Read" by Geoffrey Ingersoll, www.businessinsider.com. May 09, 2013.

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• Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

  James Mattis

  Military, Army, Hunting

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

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• There is no corporation in the world that would, in a competitive environment, try and concentrate all decisions at the corporate level.

  James Mattis

  Decision, Trying, World

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

  James Mattis

  Military, Marine, Accomplishment

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• We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.

  James Mattis

  People

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• You've been told that you're broken, that you're damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don't buy it. The truth, instead, is that you are the only folks with the skills, determination, and values to ensure American dominance in this chaotic world.

  James Mattis

  Veterans Day, Determination, Skills

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• A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.

  James Mattis

  Country, Enemy, Als

  "Gen. Mattis on the Marines in Iraq Excerpts from interview with Camp Pendleton's commanding general". Interview with Denis Devine, Mark Walker, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. June 24, 2007.

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• 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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• I would consider the principal threats to start with Russia, and it would certainly include any nations that are looking to intimidate nations around their periphery, regional nations nearby them, whether it be with weapons of mass destruction or, I would call it, unusual, unorthodox means of intimidating them, that sort of thing.

  James Mattis

  Mean, Russia, Mass Destruction

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The destruction that we have wreaked in the various theaters in which we've been engaged is really quite astonishing. But again, lethality, destruction, killing doesn't seem to achieve our objectives. So, my own sense is that a lack of lethality does not define the core problem.

  James Mattis

  Doe, Problem, Killing

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• 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

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• I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.

  James Mattis

  War, Thinking, Problem

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties. And we will - we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. We're not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys.

  James Mattis

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• 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

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• I was struck by the fact that none of the senators, basically, asked General [James] Mattis, "Well, General, how is it that we haven't won?" We haven't won anywhere, 'winning' in the sense of conclusively achieving our political objectives, however you might want to define those objectives.

  James Mattis

  Winning, Political, Want

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in a while.

  James Mattis

  Country, People, Car

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• I'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the most damage were caused when we pulled the fire crews off the line too early. And so we're going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy - ISIS. There's no room for complacency on this.

  James Mattis

  Enemy, Complacency, Worst

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• What concerned me was that [James Mattis] played not only a critical role as a battlefield commander in Fallujah, but also, afterwards, when he was promoted to various other higher-ranking positions, he served as a convening authority in court-martial proceedings against various marines who had been accused of atrocities - for example, in the Haditha massacre, where a group of marines went on a killing spree after one in their unit was killed.

  James Mattis

  Marine, Atrocities, Groups

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• 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.

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• The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.

  James Mattis

  Blow, Events, Mad Dogs

  "Fiasco" by Thomas E. Ricks, armedforcesjournal.com. August 1, 2006.

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• I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.

  James Mattis

  Mean, Problem, Force

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• With respect to the outlines of what's in the Army Field Manual, there's no doubt in my mind about the limitations it places not only on the DOD, but on the Central Intelligence Agency. And I'll always comply with the law.

  James Mattis

  Army, Agency, Law

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Our world is becoming darker. The dangers are increasing from North Korea, whose recent provocation underscored the need to impose a higher price on this rogue regime, a problem that is not just the United States alone, but a problem for us all.

  James Mattis

  World, Problem, Danger

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• General [James] Mattis's primary experience - indeed, his only experience - is as a member of the United States Marine Corps, where he served for 41 years. That's his experience.

  James Mattis

  Marine, Years, United States

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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