--- title: "22 Enemy Quotes By James Mattis" description: "22 Enemy quotes by James Mattis. Plus more from James Mattis and more Enemy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/james-mattis-9515_enemy_fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spir_1964471.png" --- > [Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spirit/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/james-mattis-9515_enemy_fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spir_1964471.png) > [The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-battlefield-is-between-your-ears/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/james-mattis-9515_battlefield_the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-bat_2944953.png) > [You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-cannot-allow-any-of-your-people-to-avoid-the-brutal-facts-if-they/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/james-mattis-9515_brutal_you-cannot-allow-any-of-your-people-to-a_511938.png) > [In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/in-a-country-with-millions-of-people-cars-going-everywhere-the-enemy/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/james-mattis-9515_bombs_in-a-country-with-millions-of-people-car_1884937.png) > [If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/if-in-order-to-kill-the-enemy-you-have-to-kill-an-innocent-don-t-take/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/james-mattis-9515_enemy_if-in-order-to-kill-the-enemy-you-have-t_2575994.png) > [You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-are-part-of-the-world-s-most-feared-and-trusted-force-engage-your/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/james-mattis-9515_brain_you-are-part-of-the-world-s-most-feared_1816110.png) > [An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/an-untrained-or-uneducated-marine-deployed-to-the-combat-zone-is-a/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/james-mattis-9515_accomplishment_an-untrained-or-uneducated-marine-deploy_26072.png) > [No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/no-war-is-over-until-the-enemy-says-it-s-over-we-may-think-it-over-we/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/james-mattis-9515_enemy_no-war-is-over-until-the-enemy-says-it-s_2337102.png) > [We are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. There is no room for complacency on this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/we-are-going-to-have-to-continue-to-keep-the-pressure-on-the-enemy/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/james-mattis-9515_complacency_we-are-going-to-have-to-continue-to-keep_1205539.png) > [There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/there-are-some-people-who-think-you-have-to-hate-them-in-order-to/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/james-mattis-9515_business_there-are-some-people-who-think-you-have_1429043.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/for-the-mission-s-sake-our-country-s-sake-and-the-sake-of-the-men-who/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/james-mattis-9515_battle_for-the-mission-s-sake-our-country-s-sak_1428364.png) > [We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/we-ve-backed-off-in-good-faith-to-try-and-give-you-a-chance-to/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/james-mattis-9515_america_we-ve-backed-off-in-good-faith-to-try-an_332873.png) > [I'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/i-m-from-the-american-west-we-have-forest-fires-out-there-and-some-of/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/james-mattis-9515_complacency_i-m-from-the-american-west-we-have-fores_1659076.jpg) > [Once ISIS is defeated, there is a larger effort under way to make certain that we don't just sprout a new enemy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/once-isis-is-defeated-there-is-a-larger-effort-under-way-to-make/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/james-mattis-9515_defeated_once-isis-is-defeated-there-is-a-larger_2208734.png) > [Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/find-the-enemy-that-wants-to-end-this-experiment-in-american/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/james-mattis-9515_american-democracy_find-the-enemy-that-wants-to-end-this-ex_1186746.png) > [The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some \*\*\*\*\*\*\*s in the world that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/the-first-time-you-blow-someone-away-is-not-an-insignificant-event/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/james-mattis-9515_blow_the-first-time-you-blow-someone-away-is_62716.png) > [You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-go-into-afghanistan-you-got-guys-who-slap-women-around-for-five-2/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/james-mattis-9515_afghanistan_you-go-into-afghanistan-you-got-guys-who_580993.png) > [In this age, I dont care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony even vicious harmony on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/in-this-age-i-dont-care-how-tactically-or-operationally-brilliant-you/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/james-mattis-9515_age_in-this-age-i-dont-care-how-tactically-o_644976.jpg) > [When you're in operations, the best thing you can do at the top level is get the strategy right. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/when-you-re-in-operations-the-best-thing-you-can-do-at-the-top-level/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/james-mattis-9515_big-idea_when-you-re-in-operations-the-best-thing_2815220.png) > [You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-go-into-afghanistan-you-got-guys-who-slap-women-around-for-five-3/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/james-mattis-9515_afghanistan_you-go-into-afghanistan-you-got-guys-who_735851.png) > [A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/a-country-that-armed-stalin-to-defeat-hitler-can-certainly-work/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/james-mattis-9515_als_a-country-that-armed-stalin-to-defeat-hi_2582898.png) > [It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/it-is-mostly-a-matter-of-wills-whose-will-is-going-to-break-first/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/james-mattis-9515_break_it-is-mostly-a-matter-of-wills-whose-wil_2937875.png) ## Other authors on Enemy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 188 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/sun-tzu/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 48 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-bonaparte-70192.jpg) Napoleon Bonaparte 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/napoleon-bonaparte/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 35 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/george-orwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/william-shakespeare/) ## More by James Mattis > [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/i-can-t-imagine-that-i-would-be-asked-that-by-the-president-elect/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/an-untrained-or-uneducated-marine-deployed-to-the-combat-zone-is-a/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some \*\*\*\*\*\*\*s in the world that just need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/the-first-time-you-blow-someone-away-is-not-an-insignificant-event/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/with-respect-to-the-outlines-of-what-s-in-the-army-field-manual-there/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/we-can-kill-lots-of-people-we-do-kill-lots-of-people-we-can-destroy/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/i-just-hope-we-can-find-our-way-back-to-engaging-with-one-another/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/we-ve-backed-off-in-good-faith-to-try-and-give-you-a-chance-to/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-ve-been-told-that-you-re-broken-that-you-re-damaged-goods-there/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/it-s-quite-fun-to-fight-them-you-know-it-s-a-hell-of-a-hoot-it-s-fun/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-cannot-allow-any-of-your-people-to-avoid-the-brutal-facts-if-they/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-can-overcome-wrong-technology-your-people-have-the-initiative/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/you-go-into-afghanistan-you-got-guys-who-slap-women-around-for-five-2/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/we-have-the-most-skillful-firecest-and-certainly-the-most-ethical/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/i-don-t-see-lethality-as-the-problem-i-mean-the-lethality-of-us/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) > [The United States has been essentially engaged in an ongoing war that most people date from 2001. That war has taken us to Afghanistan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/the-united-states-has-been-essentially-engaged-in-an-ongoing-war-that/) [James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/james-mattis/#itemlist", "name": "22 Enemy Quotes By James Mattis", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Mattis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spirit/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/james-mattis-9515_enemy_fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spir_1964471.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/james-mattis-9515_enemy_fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spir_1964471.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/james-mattis-9515_enemy_fight-with-a-happy-heart-and-strong-spir_1964471.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.” — James Mattis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Mattis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-battlefield-is-between-your-ears/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/james-mattis-9515_battlefield_the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-bat_2944953.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/james-mattis-9515_battlefield_the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-bat_2944953.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/james-mattis-9515_battlefield_the-most-important-six-inches-on-the-bat_2944953.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.” — James Mattis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. 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