Quotes About Loyalty

One of the compensations for wearing a uniform and earning less money than an equally talented man can make in the real world is the off chance of being killed.

The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.

every sailor needs someone to return to, that every woman needs someone to wait for.

It's a leadership function. They taught me that at Quantico. The troops have to see you doing the job. They have to know you're there for them." And I have to be sure that it's all real, that I actually am the President.

They loved their country largely because they controlled it.

A commander's pride got his soldiers dead.

Either people were trustworthy or they were not.

Comrade, you can deceive us. Anyone can?for a time. But not a very long time.

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, We will fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean, We are proud to claim the title of United States Marines. —Marine Corps Hymn

You will come to understand how they work, their dedication and the personal sacrifices they make. For these are truly the people who stand guard on the walls of freedom, while the rest of us sleep safely in our homes.

Horner also, to quote John Paul Jones, has something a professional officer must have: "the nicest sense of personal honor." Right and wrong are identifiable in Chuck's universe, and separate. In a community where a man's word is his life, Chuck Horner's word is found in gold lettering on an adamantine wall of granite.

You've got to dance with the one that brought you.

Muy bien, jefe

the 'protective' part seriously, 'kay?" John

Cheating was a concept both foreign and integral to the fighting of wars.

They were not fighting for a principle, or a political decision, or a treaty made of paper. They were here for these people and others not the least different from those they'd left at home.

obligations.

we have a debt of honor to the people on those islands who decided that they wanted to be Americans. If we don't defend that principle, we don't defend anything. And nobody will trust us, and nobody will respect us, not even ourselves. If we turn our back on them, then we are not the people we say we are, and everything we've ever done is a lie.

Sir didn't mean anything, Kelly knew. When in doubt, a Marine would call a lightpole "Sir." He

But it sure gets hot here in the summer, pal.

I know what you're doing," the wolf said. "This is advanced interrogation techniques, right? First you destroy my self-esteem and sense of individuality, then you force me to tell you where the pack hides out, so your woodcutter pals can come and slaughter us. Well, you're wasting your breath. I won't talk. I won't talk. Got that?

This is how I see humanity. When enemies come to your country, destroy the countryside and your village, kill your countrymen, your comrades and the defenseless wounded, you have to kill them and defend your compatriots; that is true humanity.

I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that.

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.