FAMOUS MARINE CORPS QUOTES

"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion." -- Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army

"I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." -- Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders

"We signed up knowing the risk. Those innocent people in New York didn't go to work thinking there was any kind of risk." -- Pvt. Mike Armendariz-Clark, USMC; Afghanastan, 20 September 2001 As reported on page one of the New York Times

"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!"  -- MGen. Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952

"Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." Navy Times; November 1994

"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!" -- Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

"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

"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." -- R.Adm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995

"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