“Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are.” ~ 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert H. Barrow

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

“The Marine Corps … took a boy and made him a man.”  –Cpl. Edwin C. Bearss, 1942

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

"Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No  Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine." ~ Gen. James "Chaos" Mattis

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

"A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons." ~ Admiral David D. Porter, USN

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." - PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985

"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

"The Marines have landed, and the situation is well in hand". ~ Richard Harding Davis, war correspondent (1885)