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Military Quotes by James Mattis
- We have the most skillful, firecest, and certainly the most ethical ground forces in the world... I'm not saying we have to commit right now,…
- In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony-even vicious harmony-on the battlefield based on trust…
- There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great.
- There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.
- You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta…
- An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.
- Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.
- Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
- You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure…
More Military Quotes
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible… — M H Abrams
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,… — Charles Babbage
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
- Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey