Random Marine Corps Quotes
"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!" ~ MGen Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952
“The Marine Corps is the military arm of the Navy.” ~ Archibald Henderson, 1834
"Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there." ~ LtGen Victor H. Krulak, USMC April 1965
“The boys we took from the farm, the factory, the school, and the office became the best amphibious troops in the world.” — Gen. Holland M. Smith
Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." ~ Navy Times; November 1994
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." - PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
"Hell, these are Marines. Men like them held Guadalcanal and took Iwo Jima. Bagdad ain't shit. ~ Marine Major General John F. Kelly
"Marines don't know how to spell the word defeat" — Gen. James N. Mattis | U.S. Central Command
"You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are." ~ Father Kevin Keaney |1st Marine Division Chaplain
"In war, the chief incalculable is the human will." ~ B.H. Liddell Hart
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