United States Marine Corps Quotes - Page 2

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

Chester W. Nimitz

Military, War, Marine

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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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Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

James Mattis

Marine, Enemy, Mad Dogs

James Mattis' words in a message to the 1st Marine Division on the eve of the Iraq War (March 2003), as quoted in "Eve of Battle Speech" in The Weekly Standard, March 1, 2003; also quoted in Oliver North "War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom" (p. 53), 2003.

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Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

John J. Pershing

Military, Marine, Army

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

Edward Johnson

Marine, Feelings, Usmc

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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, Usmc

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

Richard Harding Davis

Military, Marine, Hands

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A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

David Dixon Porter

Military, Marine, Buttons

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We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?

John W. Vessey, Jr.

Running, Military, Marine

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...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.

Woodrow Wilson

Marine, America, World

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The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may be assigned; second, promptly bringing this efficiency to the attention of the proper officials of the government, and the American people.

John A. Lejeune

Marine, Men, Two

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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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By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

Chester W. Nimitz

Country, Military, Marine

Chester W. Nimitz's statement after the Battle of Iwo Jima, circa March - May 1945.

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Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

George F. Kennan

Hero, Marine, Endurance

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I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.

Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

Military, Marine, Men

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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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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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The Marines fought almost solely on esprit de corps, I was certain. It was inconceivable to most Marines that they should let another Marine down, or that they could be responsible for dimming the bright reputation of their Corps. The Marines simply assumed that they were the world's best fighting men.

Robert Sherrod

Military, Fighting, Marine

Robert Sherrod (2013). “Tarawa: The Incredible Story of One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles”, p.35, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.

Alfred M. Gray

Military, Marine, Usmc

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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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Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right to self defense, in accordance with the Supreme Court case, D.C. vs. Heller, which affirmed that the statutes under which I am being charged are unconstitutional and thus null and void, and on behalf of all freedom loving Americans, I plead not guilty.

Adam Kokesh

Marine, Self, United States

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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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I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'

Jesse Ventura

War, Book, Teaching

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