Famous quotes by Soldiers

"In order to do something, you must be something"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach"

James Wolfe, Soldier

"I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience"

Hyman Rickover, Soldier

"You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree, it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"Either I will find a way, or I will make one"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger"

Philip Sidney, Soldier

"Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks, the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"There's a lot of whiners in every crowd"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"That's all I cared about too, was getting it right"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"Kubrick's films have life - they just never die"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I was stationed at a Marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

"I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people"

R. Lee Ermey, Soldier

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