Strike fast, strike hard, strike often.
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, ‘The elite of this country.’ I think it is the elite of the world.
There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.
Hit hard, hit first, hit often.
There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.
All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them.
There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.
I never trust a fighting man who doesn’t smoke or drink.
When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!
Kill Japs, kills Japs, kill more Japs!
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.
There are no great men, only ordinary men, who have met extraordinary challenges.