Marine Quotes

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'

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 deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity's demand upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a river-keeper, a steward of marine shallows, a watchman on the high seas. We are beyond having to put back what we have taken out. We must put back more than we take out.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

The sea! The sea! The open sea!, The blue, the fresh, the ever free!

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!

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

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.

Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.

The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black.

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.

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

...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.

Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!