Random Marine Corps Quotes
“We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from.” — Col. Michael Hudson | USMC
"Retreat, hell we just got here!" ~ Captain Lloyd Williams, USMC at the Battle of Belleau Wood WWI
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - GEORGE ORWELL
Weakness in America - "Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldier will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!" ~ LT. GEN. LEWIS "CHESTY" PULLER, USMC
"Marines don't know how to spell the word defeat" ~ Gen. James N. Mattis | U.S. Central Command
"Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there." ~ LtGen Victor H. Krulak, USMC April 1965
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!" - GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY
"Marines don't know how to spell the word defeat" — Gen. James N. Mattis | U.S. Central Command
"Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?" - Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918.
"We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess." ~ Gen. James L. Jones, USMC (CMC); 10 November 2000
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