James Mattis Quotes
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Prime Minister Maliki, released from American restraint, acted on his worst instincts, creating enormous distrust in Iraq's Kurdish population and deeply embittering Sunnis in western Iraq's Al Anbar, who lost any confidence in a Baghdad government they saw as adversarial.
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There is only one 'retirement plan' for terrorists.
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What we achieved was a nuclear pause, not a nuclear halt.
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We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.
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I don't have the best track record with quotes.
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In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
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I don't worry about stress. I create it.
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I'm on record that it didn't really traumatize me to do away with some people.
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I've had some 'riotous excursions of the human spirit' alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it's time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way - they earned their stripes in combat.
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The Corps is in good hands, and it's been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it's time to go.
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I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was engaged in a fight somewhere, and I knew within a couple of minutes how I was going to screw up the enemy. And I knew it because I'd done so much reading.
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The fundamental question I believe is, 'Is political Islam in our best interest?' If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?
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The military can buy our diplomats some time.
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I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.
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I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn't long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.
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We all recognize that the Mid-east is dissolving into crises, and we know terrorism did not start with 9-11.
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While victimhood in America is exalted, I don't think our veterans should join those ranks.
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Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don't understand it. It's like America has lost faith in rational thought.
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There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great.
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You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway.
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Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We'll adapt, we'll train, we'll advise, we'll mentor, and we'll fight, and we'll fight well.
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Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.
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To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase... Rather, it's displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.