Famous Military Quotes

"When you commission something you put it into service; when you warrant something you guarantee it will work."

Anonymous


"I, (Your Name Here), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers apppointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Oath of Enlistment or Reenlistment


"We're here to protect democracy, not the practice of it."

Anonymous


"We the unwilling,
Led by the unqualified,
Have been doing the unbelievable for so long,
With so little,
We now attempt the impossible with nothing!"

Anonymous


"There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have it done well."

Walter Reuther
-Most Influential President of the 'UNITED AUTO WORKERS' Labor Union-


"Our country won't go on forever, if we stay as soft as we are now. There won't be any America - because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take over women and breed a hardier race."

Lt. Gen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (26 June 1898-19 October 1971)


"Any officer can get by in his sergeants. To be a sergeant you have to know your stuff. I'd rather be an outstanding sergeant than just another officer.

Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly


"Promulgation of an order represents not over ten percent of your responsibility. The remaining ninety percent consists in assuring through personal supervision on the ground, by yourself and your staff, proper and vigorous execution."

General George S. Patton


"Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Admiral Chester Nimitz
speaking of the Marines' assault on Iwo Jima


"The words of my father ring as true today as when he first wrote them over fifty years ago. "We exist today -- we flourish today -- not because of what we know we are, or what we know we can do, but because of what the grassroots of our country believes we are and we can do... The American people believe that Marines are downright good for the country; that the Marines are masters of a form of unfailing alchemy which converts unoriented youths into proud, self-reliant stable citizens - citizens into whose hands the nation's affairs may safely be entrusted... And, likewise, shouyld the people ever lose that conviction - as a result of our failure to meet their high - almost spiritual - standards, the Marine Corps will quickly disappear."

Lt. General Victor Krulak (ret)


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