Random Marine Corps Quotes
For a split second I was fearful because I knew I wasn't going to survive, but then I was OK because at least I was going out with a bang.
— Cpl Kyle Carpenter - MOH - answer to question "What's the moment that you feel most fearful on the battlefield and how did you overcome that" 06/16/2014
"Retreat, hell we just got here!" ~ Captain Lloyd Williams, USMC at the Battle of Belleau Wood WWI
"A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons." ~ Admiral David D. Porter, USN
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion." - Unknown
Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." ~ Navy Times; November 1994
"Marines don't know how to spell the word defeat" ~ Gen. James N. Mattis | U.S. Central Command
“The Marine Corps is the military arm of the Navy.” ~ Archibald Henderson, 1834
“We Marines are truly blessed. We get to enjoy the sweet taste of freedom because we know its price.” ~ John Chipura, USMC
"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!" ~ General Douglas MacArthur, US Army
"So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those bastards won't get away this time!" - CHESTY PULLER, USMC
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