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> [What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get into a barroom fight without getting hurt... Unless the American people are willing to send their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/what-the-american-people-want-to-do-is-fight-a-war-without-getting/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

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## More by Chesty Puller

> [What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/what-the-american-people-want-to-do-is-fight-a-war-without-getting/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/i-ve-always-believed-that-no-officer-s-life-regardless-of-rank-is-of/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/my-definition-the-definition-that-i-ve-always-believed-in-is-that/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/in-the-confederate-army-an-officer-was-judged-by-stark-courage-alone/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/take-me-to-the-brig-i-want-to-see-the-real-marines/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [Paperwork will ruin any military force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/paperwork-will-ruin-any-military-force/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/we-re-surrounded-that-simplifies-the-problem/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [Where the hell do you put the bayonet?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/where-the-hell-do-you-put-the-bayonet/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [I want to go where the guns are!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/i-want-to-go-where-the-guns-are/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/my-definition-a-definition-in-the-drill-books-from-the-time-that/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b\*\*\*\*\*ds won't get away this time!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/so-they-ve-got-us-surrounded-good-now-we-can-fire-in-any-direction/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/there-are-not-enough-chinamen-in-the-world-to-stop-a-fully-armed/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/the-mail-service-has-been-excellent-out-here-and-in-my-opinion-this/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/in-the-marine-corps-your-buddy-is-not-only-your-classmate-or-fellow/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

> [If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesty-puller/if-you-want-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-men-give-them-a-break-don-t/)

[Chesty Puller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesty-puller/)

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