Bounty Hunter's blog: "Quotes about the U.S. Marine Corps"

"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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war." General of the Armies Douglas McArthur in Korea, overheard and reported by Marine Staff Sergeant Bill Houghton, Weapons/2/5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army." Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's." Harry S. Truman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "No one can say that the Marines have failed to do their work in handsome fashion." Major General Hagood, U.S. Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no military body in our country of higher efficiency than the Marine Corps. They take great pride in their profession. They never let things slack a bit." Rear Admiral C.M. Wilslow, U.S. Navy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time." Chesty Puller, USMC, Chosin Reservoir, Korean War -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Marine Corps integrity is doing that thing which is right, when no one is looking" Col. Colin Lampard, USMC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary General A. M. Gray, USMC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family. General James L. Jones Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "They (Marines) have given us our only real fight." Commanding Officer of the British, War 0f 1812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The American Marines are terribly reckless fellows... they would make very good storm troopers." Unidentified German officer at Belleau Wood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The US Air Force Chief-of-Staff would never be called -- Airman The Chief-of-Naval Operations would never be called -- Sailor The Commanding General of The US Army would never be called -- Soldier BUT the Commandant of the Marine Corps would be proud to be called a -- United States Marine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." Navy Times; November 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers... These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost." 2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard, Peleliu, World War II -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die." Ted Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops. Gen. Colin Powell, U. S. Army Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff During Operation Desert Storm 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 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world. Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchhill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they know it. General Mark Clark, U.S. Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines. LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “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.