Corps Quotes

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I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. — Leon Uris
I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish — Leon Uris
If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship… — David Dixon Porter
Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only been… — Unknown Author
I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the… — Smedley Butler
The Marine Corps ... took a boy and made him a man. — Ed Bearss
The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground… — Keith B. McCutcheon
Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family. — James L. Jones
The Marine Corps taught me that I could achieve my goals. In short, the Marines made me believe in myself. — Unknown Author
Being in the Marine Corps was the best thing that ever happened to me. It can do a lot for a young guy. I owe… — Tom Monaghan
I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy… — Art Buchwald
I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is… — Ed McMahon
I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps." — Unknown Author
The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may… — John A. Lejeune
The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more than that afterward,… — Thomas Holcomb
I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language, which I used in my letter of Aug 29 to Congress McDonough concerning the Marine Corps... — Harry S. Truman
The aim of every woman is to be truly integrated into the Corps. She is able and willing to undertake any assignment consonant with Marine… — Unknown Author
Americans often did not realize that their Marine Corps was a force without counterpart in the world. European navies used Marines for limited duties on… — Unknown Author
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my… — John F. Kennedy
The Navy-Marine Corps team is unique in history because its mobility and versatility permit it to make a contribution in virtually every medium of warfare:… — Unknown Author

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