Top 247 Marines Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.
The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.
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."
I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.
I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.
You want to know who's now running the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the Marines and calling the shots where it counts? Fundamentalist Muslims and homosexual activists.
The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they know it.
I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy.
A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.
...let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.
...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so.
Ive been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy.
It's kind of funny to read the work of ex-Marines and soldiers because what they said to me as a reporter was only a fraction of what they were thinking and feeling and saying to one another.
The legislature have anxiously provided for those most useful and deserving body of men, the seamen and marines of this country.
Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.
We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.
I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.
Yes, Marines are down in jungle land and they did kill a man in a war, and a great many people did not know anything about it.
With 300 Marines you could probably take over Iraq if you wanted to and get rid of ISIS completely.
To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase... Rather, it's displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.
The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.
I joined the Marines, passed Special Forces selection, and became a young leader in the military.
The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This isn't just an issue for the U.S. and Japan. It has regional implications.
When someone makes a move Of which we don't approve, Who is it that always intervenes? U.N. and O.A.S., They have their place, I guess, But first send the Marines!
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
From the depths of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq, more than a million American soldiers, Airmen, midshipmen, and Marines have laid down their lives for their friends, their families and our nation.
I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them.
I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?
Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.
For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.
I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.
MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training.
If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.
I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.
In 'Colonial Marines' you come into the game as a marine, and how you play depends on your equipment and by the choices you're making in real time.
From the Marines, from Ohio State, from Yale, from other places, people have really stepped in and ensured that they filled that social capital gap that it was pretty obvious, apparently, that I had.
This particular school of Zen has always considered itself the Marines of the spiritual world, so it has a kind of bias against conceptual thinking in favor of a very rigorous physical life.
The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.
I was given an opportunity to join the marines instead of go to jail - and I think I made the correct decision.
I wanted to set the story straight and really let people know what it's like and what me and my Marines went through.
We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing!
If you ask me why I've succeeded it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.
In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.
The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.
At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution.
Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.
There are always fellow Marines who understand and know what you're going through. Be proud, don't be ashamed, and go out there and tackle the second life you've been given.
What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis?
I suppose it is the lot of soldiers and Marines to be objectified according to the politics of the day and the mood of the American people about their war.
The Marine Corps taught me that I could achieve my goals. In short, the Marines made me believe in myself.
We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.
If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries.
In the Navy, there is no wrong hole. In the Marines, there is always a hole.
Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression.
There was a prison uprising at Alcatraz, and I drove the Marines over there in a landing craft to quell the riot. I am the only serviceman I know with an American Theatre ribbon.
