Marine Corps Quotes - Page 6

• In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, War, Soldier

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• Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.

  Walter Scott

  Believe, Marine, Sailor

  Redgauntlet vol. 2, ch. 7 (1824). The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs traces the expression "Tell it to the marines" back to 1805.

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• It would take one million men, one hundred years

  Keiji Shibazaki

  Marine, Men, Years

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• Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be counted on. This does not mean a slackening of discipline. Obedience to orders and regulations must always be insisted upon, and good conduct on the part of the men exacted. Especially should this be done with reference to civilian inhabitants of foreign countries in which Marines are serving.

  John A. Lejeune

  Country, Mean, Marine

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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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• My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

  Frederick W. Smith

  Marine, Years, Skills

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• O Eternal Father, we commend to Thy protection and care the members of the Marine Corps. Guide and direct them in the defense of our country and in the maintenance of justice among nations. Protect them in the hour of danger. Grant that wherever they serve they may be loyal to their high traditions and that at all times they may put their trust in Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

  Henry Knox Sherrill

  Country, Jesus, Father

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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, Marine

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• Virtually everything I learned about leadership traits and core values, I learned in the Marine Corps. To this day, I keep a list of the traits in a little black book, 14 of them, including integrity, justice, bearing, enthusiasm, endurance - all indicators you aspire to when you're a leader.

  Raymond Kelly

  Integrity, Book, Marine

  Source: playboysfw.kinja.com

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• So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Marine, Causes, Purpose

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• We will embrace you in uniform today, we will embrace you without uniform tomorrow.

  Josephus Daniels

  Marine, Uniforms, Today

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• I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

  Harry S. Truman

  Regret, Marine, Choices

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950, Volume 6".

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• There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, "Go in and do this nasty job." Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.

  James F. Amos

  Jobs, Marine, Mind

  "Reshaping Your Corps". Interview with Bob Drury, www.menshealth.com. June 2, 2011.

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• Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

  Adam Driver

  Marine, Talking, Feelings

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• I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Marine

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• One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.

  Smedley Butler

  Marine, Six, Twenties

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• We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. Right now we only have 23.

  Donald Trump

  Marine, Foundation, Heritage

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• We're really talking about the Army and Marine Corps here for almost all these ground combat jobs. They want to move in a careful, deliberate manner.

  Renee Montagne

  Jobs, Moving, Marine

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Being in the Marine Corps was the best thing that ever happened to me. It can do a lot for a young guy. I owe a lot to the Marine Corps. If I had a son, I'd want him to be a Marine.

  Tom Monaghan

  Son, Marine, Guy

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• The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more than that afterward, without losing its individual characteristics. It was the same Marine Corps. It was not different in any respect.

  Thomas Holcomb

  Marine, Different, Losing

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• It was a ludicrous, insane situation in which modern fighting men, possessed all of the highly destructive engines of war, were ordered to attack a medieval fortress using no weapons that would destroy or harm it.

  Dale Dye

  War, Marine, Fighting

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• After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.

  George S. Day

  Running, Marine, Shoulders

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• If the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton, the Japanese bases in the Pacific were captured on the beaches of the Caribbean.

  Holland Smith

  Beach, Marine, Battle

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• The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

  Karl Marlantes

  Marine, Taught, Killing

  Karl Marlantes (2011). “What It Is Like To Go To War”, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

  Art Buchwald

  Home, Marine, Youth

  Art Buchwald (1994). “Leaving home: a memoir”, Thorndike Pr

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