Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (CMC); 5 May 1997

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Marine Recruiter, ca. 1915
For over 221 years our Corps has done two things
for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we
win battles.
Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (CMC) 5 May 1997
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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 Keaney1st Marine Division
ChaplainKorean War
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The United States Marine Corps, with its
fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat,
its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of
honor, is part of the fabric of American myth.
Thomas E. Ricks Making the Corps, 1997
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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 (CMC) 10 November 2000
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"You are part of the world's most feared and
trusted fighting force. Engage your brain before
you engage your weapon.  Share your courage with
each other as we enter the uncertain terrain
north of our Line of Departure.  Keep faith in
your comrades on your left and right and Marine
Air overhead.  Fight with a happy heart and a
strong spirit.  For the mission's sake, our
country's sake and the sake of the men who
carried the Division's colors in past battles --
who fought for life and never lost their nerve --
carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.
Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better
Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a United States
Marine."
MajGen J N Mattis, CG, 1st MarDiv - Iraq, March
2003
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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. ArmyChairman Joint
Chiefs of StaffDuring Operation Desert Storm
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With their survival as an institution and as
individual human beings at stake, the Marines
have had to ruthlessly and endlessly examine,
discard, define, refine, and redefine their
approaches to achieve the ultimate in rapid,
effective response to dynamic challenges.
David H. Freedman, Forbes Magazine
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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
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"The man who will go where his colors go without
asking, who will fight a phantom foe in a jungle
or a mountain range, and who will suffer and die
in the midst of incredible hardship, without
complaint, is still what he has always been, from
Imperial Rome to sceptered Britain to democratic
America. He is the stuff of which legends are
made. His pride is his colors and his regiment,
his training hard and thorough and coldly
realistic, to fit him for what he must face, and
his obedience is to his orders. As a legionnaire,
he held the gates of civilization for the
classical world ... today he is called United
States Marine.
LtCol T R Fehrenbach, USA, in "This Kind of War"