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A person cannot be a Marine without honor. — Unknown Author
A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just… — James F. Amos
Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. — Alfred M. Gray
It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it,… — George Washington
Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's… — Michael Mullen
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have… — Woodrow Wilson
I'm blessed to be in a command position in a Navy this good — Michael Mullen
I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege… — Grace Hopper
Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as… — Oliver Hazard Perry
We have met the enemy and they are ours. — Oliver Hazard Perry
Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted. — Chester W. Nimitz
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds. — Chester W. Nimitz
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a… — Chester W. Nimitz
Air power may either end war or end civilization. — Winston Churchill
Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence. — Winston Churchill
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally… — Omar N. Bradley
Air power alone does not guarantee America's security, but I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset - our technical skill. — Unknown Author
We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age. — Curtis LeMay
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of… — Unknown Author
The vast majority of Airmen we train are going to be somewhere in harm's way within the next year or two. It is up to… — William R. Looney III
If they turn on their radars we're going to blow up their goddamn SAMs. They know we own their country. We own their airspace ...… — William R. Looney III
I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects… — Curtis LeMay
When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would act, and act… — Harry S. Truman
Our warriors are no longer limited to the people who fly the airplanes...Our entire force is a warrior force. Being a warrior is not an… — John P. Jumper
I never doubted, not ever, that we would succeed. — Unknown Author

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