Random Marine Corps Quotes

“The Marine Corps is the military arm of the Navy.” ~ Archibald Henderson, 1834

 

 

"Never let technology get in the way of progress" ~ Marine MSgt Gary Grintstead

"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?" ~ Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Grenada, 1983

"The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ~ Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army - Commander of American Forces in World War I

"A Marine on duty has no friends." ~ Marine Corps proverb

"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave" ~ Elmer Davis (1890-1958)

"In war, the chief incalculable is the human will." ~ B.H. Liddell Hart

“The more Marines I have around, the better I like it.”  — U.S. Army Gen. Mark Clark | World War II, Korean War

"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

"Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there." ~ LtGen Victor H. Krulak, USMC April 1965