Esprit de corps Quote by Chesty Puller

The Marines fought almost solely on esprit de corps, I was certain. It was inconceivable to most Marines that they should let another Marine…

— Robert Sherrod

War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine…

— Eugene B. Sledge

One of the mainstays of an army is its esprit-de-corps, that spirit which gives a soldier purpose and the endurance to carry on when…

— Anonymous

“The Marine Corps know their own, my lord. We repay loyalty with loyalty, duty with duty, honor with honor. “And”

— Glynn Stewart

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

— James L. Jones

You don't spend twenty years of your life in the service and not have a warm, nostalgic feeling left in you. It's a small…

— Alex Haley

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."

— Joshua R. Sands

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…

— Clare Boothe Luce

“we had the whole history of the Corps behind us, and what a Marine has he holds; he kills or gets killed; he does…

— Albertus Wright Catlin

Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only…

— Samuel Francis Du Pont

“Marines do not hesitate in combat. If the Corps has a defining philosophy, that’s it. In war, when the enemy is foolish enough to…

— Mark Bowden

Marines are expeditionary - we are meant to take on unfamiliar missions. But we are not police.

— Jake Auchincloss