The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
We are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. There is no room for complacency on this. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
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… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
I'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Once ISIS is defeated, there is a larger effort under way to make certain that we don't just sprout a new enemy.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
When you're in operations, the best thing you can do at the top level is get the strategy right. You have to… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
In this age, I dont care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony even vicious harmony on… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's? — James Mattis Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share
An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy. — James Mattis Copy Share
The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need… — James Mattis Copy Share
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… — James Mattis Copy Share
We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy. — James Mattis Copy Share
I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and… — James Mattis Copy Share
We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg… — James Mattis Copy Share
You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more… — James Mattis Copy Share
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… — James Mattis Copy Share
You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be… — James Mattis Copy Share
You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've… — James Mattis Copy Share
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… — James Mattis Copy Share
We have the most skillful, firecest, and certainly the most ethical ground forces in the world... I'm not saying we have to commit right… — James Mattis Copy Share
I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable. — James Mattis Copy Share
The United States has been essentially engaged in an ongoing war that most people date from 2001. That war has taken us to Afghanistan,… — James Mattis Copy Share
