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.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often

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, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.