Marine Corps Quotes

Marine Corps Quote of the day

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

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 world.

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

And once by God, I was a Marine!

Tell that to the Marines!

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family.

They say "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." In the Marine Corps, you can make that horse wish to hell he had.

I want to go where the guns are!

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 country.

The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.

War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

I'm a conservative because I believe in peace - real peace, not just the peace of mind. I'm a conservative because we understand that real peace comes from the Marine Corps, not the Peace Corps.

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places.

Whatever the job is, we can do it. Thats why the nation has a Marine Corps.

What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts have adult leadership.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corps because of something that I said or did.

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.

Fleets cannot operate without bases.

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team.

General [James] Mattis's primary experience - indeed, his only experience - is as a member of the United States Marine Corps, where he served for 41 years. That's his experience.

The Marine Corps taught me commitment, courage, focus, and a value system that can easily suffice for people like me who aren't religious.

The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

The Navy-Marine Corps team is unique in history because its mobility and versatility permit it to make a contribution in virtually every medium of warfare: land, sea and air.

Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

A Marine is never intimidated.

I have learned two important lessons from my association with the Marine Corps: always be on time and always be ready to do what is required when you get there.

You can run but you can't hide

I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

Being in the Marine Corps was the best thing that ever happened to me. It can do a lot for a young guy. I owe a lot to the Marine Corps. If I had a son, I'd want him to be a Marine.

The Marine Corps has been, and will continue to be, America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness - ready to respond to today's crisis, with today's Marine forces, today.

I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them.

We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength.

I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish

Who has created more peace in the world, the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps?

There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

The Marine Corps ... took a boy and made him a man.

We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. Right now we only have 23.

Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't think that's what Obama meant.