Corps Quotes
216 quotes by 173 authors
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I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I…
— Smedley Butler
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I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this…
— Buzz Aldrin
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There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship. We don't mind somebody saying, 'Go in and do this…
— James F. Amos
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”Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de…
— George C. Marshall
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There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more…
— James Brady
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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…
— Chester W. Nimitz
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The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the…
— William Halsey
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I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.
— Jonathan Winters
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It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.
— William A. Connelly
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The goal of the corps of NCOs, whose duty is the day-to-day business of running the Army so that the officer corps has time to…
— William G. Bainbridge
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The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.
— James Forrestal
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The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
— Alexander Vandegrift
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Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military…
— Clare Boothe Luce
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Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our Nation,…
— James T. Conway
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It's OK to have fun in the Marine Corps. I like to say we are an imperfect people working in an institution that tries to…
— James L. Jones
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And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting, never-ceasing pride to all of…
— Jim Webb
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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,…
— Robert Sherrod
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We should never lose sight of the ethos that has made the Marine Corps - where 'every Marine is a rifleman' - one of America's…
— Robert M. Gates
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In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second…
— Stonewall Jackson
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What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate…
— Ellen Ochoa
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