Jim Mattis

By reading, you learn through others' experiences, generally, a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the…

— Jim Mattis

For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles…

— Jim Mattis

There is one way to have a short but exciting conversation with me, and that is to move too slow.

— Jim Mattis

I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was…

— Jim Mattis

No war is over until the enemy says it's over.

— Jim Mattis

In an interconnected age when opportunistic adversaries can work in tandem to destroy stability and prosperity, our country needs to regain its…

— Jim Mattis

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.

— Jim Mattis

I like the enemy knowing there are a few guys like me around.

— Jim Mattis

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often…

— Jim Mattis

There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant.…

— Jim Mattis

I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn't long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.

— Jim Mattis

What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt.

— Jim Mattis

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has…

— Jim Mattis

No one gives a damn what Iran thinks on any significant issue. The only reason Iran is at the big boys' table…

— Jim Mattis

You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.

— Jim Mattis

I've had some 'riotous excursions of the human spirit' alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it's time to leave the stage…

— Jim Mattis

There's no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival is not part of the…

— Jim Mattis

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

— Jim Mattis

There is only one 'retirement plan' for terrorists.

— Jim Mattis

Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.

— Jim Mattis

To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase... Rather, it's displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.

— Jim Mattis

In my line of work, the enemy gets a vote.

— Jim Mattis

I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don't buy…

— Jim Mattis

Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

— Jim Mattis

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk…

— Jim Mattis