Argument Quote by Rudyard Kipling

The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the…

— Bernard Law Montgomery

Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.

— Mike Todd

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

…It’s like a spiral: They keep making everything more basic so it will appeal to everyone. And gradually, everyone gets used to everything being…

— Anonymous

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

“One of the key characteristics of an elite corps is its susceptibility to those more powerful than itself. Elite power is naturally attracted to…

— Frank Herbert

Our enlisted are the backbone of our service, are exceptionally a bright group of men women.

— Joe Sestak

The ultimate power of a successful general staff lies, not in the brilliance of its individual members, but in the cross-fertilisation of its collective…

— Reg Revans

There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count.

— Anonymous

I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as…

— Rube Goldberg

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

— George S. Patton