Marine Corps Quotes

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 the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Grenada, 1983

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
-Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".
-Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991

I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
-1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
-Father Kevin Keaney 1st Marine Division Chaplain Korean War

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
-General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.
-Admiral William Halsey, U.S. Navy

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

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