Good quote?

[Ratamacue]

"Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?"
- Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Daly, USMC

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"
- Captain Lloyd Williams, USMC

[Light Fighter]

"In the absence of orders, find something and kill it" Rommel

"Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"
- Adolf Hitler

"If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"Every man is his own greatest enemy, and as it were his own executioner."
- Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682

[Apogee]

"Americans trust in our government has risen to a level unprecedented since the days of World War II. That's because, if you want somebody to repair your roads, educate your kids, or purify your water supply, you may want to turn to private enterprise, but if you want massive ****loads of your enemies wiped out in record time, Uncle Sam is the man for you."

Dennis Miller

"Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there,
Eighty are just targets,
Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle.
Ah, but the one,
One is a warrior,
And he will bring the others back."
Hericletus, circa 500 BC


"When the last Angel has fallen,
and evil has had its day,
You will find the gates of Heaven,
guarded by one lone Green Beret"
Anon

[Piccolo]

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." - T. Roosevelt


"It is a princible of the art of war that one should simply lay down his life and strike. If one's opponent also does the same, it is a even match. Defeating one's opponent is then a matter of faith and destinty." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)


"When one has made a decision to kill a person, even if it will be very difficult to succeed by advancing straight ahead, it will not do to think
about going at it in a long roundabout way. One's heart may slacken, he may miss his chance, and by and large there will be no success. The Way of the Samurai is one of immediacy, and it is best to dash in headlong." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)


"The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks about making trouble and is in conflict with all." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)

[Fargin]

"Only social patterns can control biological patterns, and the instrument of conversation between society and biology is not words. The instrument of conversation between society and biology has always been a policeman or a soldier and his gun."

"The thing to understand is that if you are going to reform society you don't start with cops. And if you are going to reform intellect you don't start with psychiatrists. If you don't like our present social system or intellectual system the best thing you can do with either cops or psychiatrists is stay out of their way. You leave them till last."

-Pirsig, Robert M., Lila. An inquiry into morals.


But USMA_SCUBA signature quote is king.

[Cpl.Roldan]

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" --Thomas Jefferson

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation" --General Douglas MacArthur

"Have a vision. Be demanding." Colin Powell


And my sig down der is good quote tooo.

[FallenAngel]

"Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines. "
- Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USArmy; 12 February 1918

"They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!"
- Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC; when the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had written the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22 enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men.

"You'll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"
- Capt. Henry P. Crowe, USMC; Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943

"I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold. "
- 1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC; in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918

"God has a hard-on for Marines!"
- Mythical Gy.Sgt. Hartmann, Full Metal Jacket.


"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
- John Stuart Mill

"Freedom isn't free."

Oh...and the sig. ;)

[IronHeart_26]

"I'm not afraid of a storm cloud. When the Lord is ready to call me home I won't be hiding in the hallway, He will find me in my recliner"
My Grandfather.... to my Grandmother during a bad storm only hours before his death, not of the storm but of natural causes when the Lord called him home from his recliner.


"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realise that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
Ronald Reagan


"Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them."
Ed Howe


"When making you choice in life, do not neglect to live."
Samuel Johnson


A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. Patton, General (1885-1945)


Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
Douglas MacArthur, General (1880-1964)

[James]

"He fought the good fight. He ran the good race. He kept the faith." - Jesus Christ

[James]

[quote="FallenAngel

"I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold. "
- 1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC; 19 July 1918[/quote]

Semper Fi.

[Henk]

You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.
- Sun Tzu

Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice.
- Samurai maxim

To fight and conquer in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with no fight at all, that's the highest skill.
- Sun Tsu

If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.
- Musashi Miyamoto

It's a difficult thing to truly know your own limits and points of weakness.
- Hagakure

[stuntman]

"Weep em man it's America"
-woodland!
"goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right"
-JFK

[Henk]

General George S. Patton, Jr. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived


Yassir Arafat. Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.


Aristophanes. The wise learn many things from their enemies.

Sir Winston Churchill. When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Claudius. He who wants peace must prepare for war.

[butkus]

"A kite flys higher going against the wind, not with it." - Churchill

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your righ to say it." -Voltaire

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." -Asian saying

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." -Bergson

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -Eisenhower

"I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best." -Whitman

[MSG Dman]

"March or Die" - CSM Purdy

[SABER 2-3]

Find them, Fix them, Kill them. US Army Inf Sch


Hit first, Hit fast, Hit hard and repeat as needed. MSG. BURTNETT

[Saranof]

A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe.
Tim O'Brien

In war, truth is the first casualty.
Aeschylus

War is capitalism with the gloves off.
Tom Stoppard

We should declare war on North Vietnam... We could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it, and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald Reagan, October 1965 :P

On summer nights when the breeze is blowing, I can still hear their cries, the little kids screaming.
Edward L. Daily, U.S. Army machine-gunner at the No Gun Ri Massacre in Korea 1950

[Kriz]

Love your enemy, it will drive him crazy.

Don't know where I heard this one.

[JiJoMacLE45]

"Welcome to the Wilmington Police Academy ladies and gentlemen, if there is anything we can do to make your stay a more pleasurable one, you go on ahead and be sure to let us know."
Sgt Battaglia, WPD

"If your going to f*** a situation up, make sure you f*** it up aggressively."
Ptlm Severence, WPD

"So there I was, balls deep. . . wait a minute, wrong story."
Tfc Fitzwater, DSP

[tally]

Here is an old Seal quote I saw on a Seal team t-shirt:

"Admit nothing, deny everything, and make counter accusations"

I saw a lecture when I was in the Navy by some female admiral and she gave this quote about how to get things done in the military:

"It's a lot easier to apologize than it is to get permission"

[molly747]

That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;*
Make him a member of the gentry, even if he is a commoner.
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.


Before the Battle of Agincourt,
25 October 1415

Shakespeare
Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3

[ibstolidude]

"Your out of your depth in a pool of water"
"you think "training" is a step up from "bussing"
"the purpose of you rlife is only to serve as a warning to others"
"hard work often pays off after time, but laziness pays off right now."
"it is always darkest before...it turns pitch black"
"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
"for every winner there ar dozens of losers...odds are you are one of them"
detachment motto:
"we upp'ed our standards...so UP YOURS"

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, and a lot of bitching."

"Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats."
- Josephus Daniels
"It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
- Ferdinand Foch

[Apogee]

"We got guns and sh!t"
Blue Streak

Joker: How can you shoot women and children?
Gunner: Easy... you just don't lead 'em so much.
Full Metal Jacket

Naval Radio Operator: Oh this is nothin'! You shoulda been with us five, six months ago. WHOA... you talk about puke! We ran into a hail storm over the Sea of Japan, right? Everybody's wretchin' their guts out. The pilot shot his lunch all over the windshield, and I barfed on the radio. Knocked it out completely. And it wasn't that lightweight stuff either! It was that chunky, industrial-weight puke! (Offers a candy bar in Dr. Ryan's direction) Hey, you wanna bite?!
Hunt for the Red October

"Training should be geared toward the motivated sociopath. Period. Those
who choose to comply - will. Those who don't...will test your mettle. The
truth is the training. You can't fake endurance. You can't buy confidence. You can't buy
experience. When preparation meets reality, you'll get your experience.
Stay safe. Train with integrity...it's your duty; it's your call."
Tony Blauer

[Piccolo]

It's a difficult thing to truly know your own limits and points of weakness.
- Hagakure

Just to note, the Hagakure was wrote by Yomamoto Tsuenetomo, as quoted above by myself.

[California Joe]

"Get there first with the most men."

Nathan Bedford Forrest

[MSG Dman]

"It takes a remarkable person not just to say a Creed and memorize a Creed, but to live by a Creed." Stephanie Shughart

[hood]

We are men of action, lies do not become us. - The man in black

[digrar]

" Let me be clear about three facts:
First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the Infantryman.
Secondly, the Infantryman always bears the brunt, his casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms.
Thirdly, the art of the Infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than of any other arm.
The infantryman has to use initiative and intelligence in almost every step he moves, every action he takes on the battlefield. We must therefore put our men of best intelligence and endurance into the Infantry."
Field Marshall Viscount Wavell. 1945

[Nawlins]

We are men of action, lies do not become us. - The man in black

Excellent. Gotta respect a man who can quote that movie.

I have plenty of favorite quotes... but it looks like they don't really apply here.

[Alleycat]

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." - General Tommy Franks

Great quote a friend told me.

[Knave]

Pearl Harbour Radio Operator: "Is there anything that we can provide?"

Response from Marine Commander on Wake Island: "Send us more Japs!"

... one of the last radio transmissions recieved from the Marines on Wake Island before it fell to the Japanese, 1941.

[Knave]

In 1836, the Creek and Seminole Indian tribes in Georgia and Florida were waging war against the United States. The U. S. Army had its hands full. The Fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps offered the services of a regiment of Marines for duty with the Army. Henderson placed himself in command and, taking virtually the entire available strength of the Corps, left for the extended campaign after tacking a terse message on his office door which read:

"Have gone to Florida to fight Indians.

Will be back when War is over,

A. Henderson
Col. Commandant"

[US_Frogman]

"The object of war, is not to die for your country; but to make the other bastard die for his."

-General George S. Patton

"Any problem you may have, can easily be solve with the correct amount of C4."

-Most SEALs

"The best tank terrain is the kind without any anti-tank weapons."

-?

"When in doubt, empty your clip. If still in doubt, throw a grenade. Still not sure? Blow up a Claymore. If that didn't do it, well... your pretty f***ed!"

-Me :cantbeli:

[Knave]

"Even though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I fear no Evil.... for I am the meanest motherf**ker in the Valley."

-- Attributed to General George S. Patton, Jr.

[FuturePara]

"Onward we stagger, and if the tanks come, may god have mercy on the tanks." Col. William Darby.

[Cpl.Roldan]

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom" --Malcolm X

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom" --Malcolm X

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom" --Malcolm X

[Seiyuuki]

THE ARE OF WAR IS VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE STATE. IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A ROAD EITHER TO SAFETY OR TO RUINS. HENCE, IT IS A SUBJECT OF INQUIRY WHICH CAN ON NO ACCOUNT BE NEGLECTED.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War


Gi, Yu, Jin, Rei, Makoto, Melyo and Chugo


No matter whether a person belongs to the upper or lower ranks, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.


The entire country will soon be in the hands of your master, Lord Ieyasu. If this is so, the men who served him will no doubt hope to become daimyo by his appointment. You should know that if such feelings arise, they are inevitably the beginning of the end of one's fortunes in the Way of the Warrior. Being affected by the avarice for office and rank, or wanting to become a daimyo and being eager for such things ... will not one then begin to value his life? And how can a man commit acts of martial valor if he values his life? A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks only of the fortune of his position will be flattering on the surface and construct schemes in his heart, will forsake righteousness and not reflect on his shame, and will stain the warrior's name of his household to later generations. This is truly regrettable.


If we watch men of other schools discussing theory, and concentrating on techniques with the hands, even though they seem skillfull to watch, they have not the slightest true spirit.


Because of some business, Morooka Hikoemon was called upon to swear before the gods concerning the truth of a certain matter. But he said, "A samurai's word is harder that metal. Since I have impressed this fact upon myself, what more can the gods and Buddhas do?" and the swearing was cancelled.

A person who is said to be proficient at the arts is like a fool. Because of his foolishness in concerning himself with just one thing, he thinks of nothing else and thus becomes proficient. He is a worthless person.


Remember. A war is fun. When you can't have fun, it's time to die.


A good fort needs a gap. The enemy must be lured in. So we can attack them. If we only defend, we lose the war.


God made women so beautiful...And then he turns them into wives.


When the World is at Peace, a gentleman keeps his Sword by his side.


War is not about who is right, it is about who is left.

Enemies you threaten make armies. Enemies you destroy make graves.

Be more afraid of an army of sheep led by a wolf, than an army of wolves led by a sheep.

Everyone lies, even me.

Petting scorpions with a compassionate hand will only get you stung.

In all the world, man is the only creature that has taught itself to argue.

The hawk breaks the back of his prey not because of strength, but because of timing.

Do not be wary of men who take risks with titles and lands; be wary of men who have nothing to lose.


Do, or do not, there is no try.


Zen has no secrets other than seriously thinking about life and death.


Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay it's price


I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

"It is human nature to stab others in the back to gain an advantage in life. It is not my nature to stab others in the back, nonetheless, I will stab others to see if my blade is sharp."

[Kriz]

"How do you call it when the assasins accuse the assasins" Marlon Brando in Apocalpyse NoW

[ibstolidude]

"wear clean underwear and take a jacket" - my mother

[hood]

This might be appropriate seeing as he's now running for Cali Governor,

What is best in life?

"To crush your enemies, have them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women." - Conan

[Apogee]

What is best in life?

"To crush your enemies, have them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women." - Conan

That was the greeting in my first platoon. We'd great the PL or PSG with "Whats best in life" and they'd respond "To crush your enemies." Its no "Rangers lead the way" / "All the way" but it worked. Any other catchy platoon or company greetings floating around out there?

[Fargin]

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." -John Wayne.

[Henk]

"This is another type of warfare, new in its intensity, ancient in its art... war by guerillas, subversives, insurgents, assassins... war by ambush instead of by combat... war by infiltration instead of aggression... If Freedom is to be saved, we need a whole new kind of strategy, a wholly different kind of force, and therefore a new and wholly different kind of military training."

[Scrim]

"Fvck this for a game of soldiers."- Anyone who's ever been in the field, cold, wet, and hungry.

[Kriz]

This really ain't a quote it's just an entire song but I still find it appropriate here so :)


Brother in Arms by The Dire Straits

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arm

Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

[Fargin]

"Assumtion is the mother of all f... ups."

"We can do this two ways: The right way or my way, and they're both the same."

-unknown.

[Rantanplan]

"No, when I joined up, I never imagined anything as awful as this war.

I'd had fifteen years of military experience, perfecting the art of

ordering a pink gin and saying "Do you do it doggy-doggy?" in

Swahili, and then suddenly four-and-a-half million heavily armed

Germans hove into view. That was a shock, I can tell you."

Edmund Blackadder

[Rantanplan]

And of course!!!


"Oh, wooble wooble."
Edmund Blackadder

[Apogee]

Just saw this on a friend's away message and thought I'd post it:

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors" - African Proverb

[Andyman]

"yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision but tody lived well makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope" - unknown (to me anyways)

all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
- Edmund Burke

:D

[Apogee]

Got a couple more I found over at http://military-quotes.com . Our quote equivolent.

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

"An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is a lot of crap."
-Patton

"The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer s own ease, comfort, and safety last."
-Patton

"-Maybe there are 5 000, maybe 10 000 Nazi bastards in their concrete foxholes before the Third Army. Now if Ike stops holding Monty's hand and gives me the supplies, I'll go through the Sigfried Line like **** through a goose."
-Patton

"Rangers lead the way!"
-General Norman Cota on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day

"In war there is no substitute for victory."
- Gen Douglas MacArthur

"On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seed that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory."
-General Douglas MacArthur (thats beast knowledge)

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
-Winston Churchill

[RealUltimatePower]

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)

How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), "Cato", Act 4, Scene 4, 1713

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon

It's god's duty to forgive Bin Laden, it's our job to arrange the meeting.
USMC

Mercy, compassion? Maybe those would be relevant if this wasn't a war and we weren't killing.

[California Joe]

Any of you homo's touch my stuff......I'll kill ya. Francis Sawyer

Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy.........Josey Wales.

[Sean333]

Live by Chance, Love by Choice, Kill by Profession

[Kitsune]

"If I could preserve the Union without freeing a single slave, I would do it."

-Abraham Lincoln. ;)

[Chris1]

"Fvck this for a game of soldiers."- Anyone who's ever been in the field, cold, wet, and hungry. rofl

[Rantanplan]

"Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions."
Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus

[Rantanplan]

"Don't Mess With Texas."
George W. Bush Jr.

[budanski]

"Don't Mess With Texas."
George W. Bush Jr.

I don't believe Bush was the first to say that... Go Here (http://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/history.php)

[hood]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=394853

[XASA]

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

General Smedley Butler, USMC, Winner two Congressional Medal of Honors, first one for the capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico 1914, the second for the capture of Ft. Riviere, Haiti 1917.

[Trigger]

Great quotes guys & gals.

One of my favorites:

You sleep safely in your beds at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do you harm -George Orwell