Marine Corps Quotes

144 quotes by 108 authors

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
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
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
The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years. — James Forrestal
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
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
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
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
Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever. — Phil Hartman
Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But… — Thomas Sowell
I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps. — Josh Mandel
I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this… — Scott Ritter
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And… — Thomas Friedman
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… — Samuel Francis Du Pont
Sir: It gives me pleasure to report to you the fine bearing and soldierly conduct of Captain Wilson and his men whilst absent on special… — John Taylor Wood
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
Their fiery advance and great tenacity were well recognized by their opponents. — Ernst Otto Fischer

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