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03-21-04, 08:59 PM
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
--Napoleon Bonaparte--
From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
--Thomas Jefferson--
We have met the enemy and they are ours!
--Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813--
Veni, Vedi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
--Julius Caesar--
A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.
--Adapted from Henry G. Bohn--
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
--Josephus Daniels--
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
--Napoleon I--
Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
--Ronald Reagan--
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
--John F. Kennedy--
A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
--Admiral David D. Porter, USN--
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
--George Patton--
Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
--Will Rogers--
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
--Thucydides--
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
--Napoleon Bonaparte--
We make war that we may live in peace.
--Aristotle--
In war there is no substitute for victory.
--General Douglas MacArthur--
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
--Ernest Miller Hemmingway--
Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile. -
--GYSGT Correll, USMC, Retired-- Recon Marine
Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking.
--Ferdinand Foch-- at the Battle of the Marne
--Napoleon Bonaparte--
From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
--Thomas Jefferson--
We have met the enemy and they are ours!
--Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813--
Veni, Vedi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
--Julius Caesar--
A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.
--Adapted from Henry G. Bohn--
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
--Josephus Daniels--
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
--Napoleon I--
Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
--Ronald Reagan--
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
--John F. Kennedy--
A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
--Admiral David D. Porter, USN--
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
--George Patton--
Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
--Will Rogers--
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
--Thucydides--
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
--Napoleon Bonaparte--
We make war that we may live in peace.
--Aristotle--
In war there is no substitute for victory.
--General Douglas MacArthur--
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
--Ernest Miller Hemmingway--
Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile. -
--GYSGT Correll, USMC, Retired-- Recon Marine
Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking.
--Ferdinand Foch-- at the Battle of the Marne