Favorite Military Leaders Quotes?

[dennishoddy]

Damm the torpedos! Full speed ahead!

 

[farmerbyron]

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton

I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones

 

[cowadle]

OH ****! Custer

 

[sky king]

Charlie don't SURF!

 

[packnpair]

Ya gotta love ANY Patton quote........and I may be a little off base but...........he's still a military leader to me


"We will NEVER give up" Winston Churchill

 

[inactive]

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz

 

[Kingmarine]

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.
RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995

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

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

 

[inactive]

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.
RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995

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

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

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

 

[Mack45]

"Tissue?"

Gunny

 

[sky king]

What are you, some kind of prevert?

You break into that machine, you're gonna have to answer to the Coca Cola Company!

Col. Bat Guano

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