#marines

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country ↗

— George S. Patton Jr.

#army #country #marines #military #navy

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 Stark

#military #usmc #military

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally. ↗

— Mark Udall

#capacity #congress #globally #iraq #marines

I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#came #first #four #got #half

All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team. ↗

— James F. Amos

#every #first #marine #marines #member

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name. ↗

— Drew Carey

#change #fresh #fresh start #head #i

I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#family #i #i came #into #marines

The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#been #death #double #iraq #marines

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#amid #country #deterrence #difficult #geographically

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#been #bunch #chance #doing #dose