American - Public | September 8, 1950 -
While victimhood in America is exalted, I don't think our veterans should join those ranks.
Jim Mattis
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I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.
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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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If you can't eat it, shoot it, or wear it, don't bring it.
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Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.
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I have never thought it necessary to patronize the American people.
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Most people know nobody in the military.
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No one gives a damn what Iran thinks on any significant issue. The only reason Iran is at the big boys' table is because of their nuclear weapons program.
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Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.
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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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Fight with a happy heart.
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Now from a distance, I look back on what the Corps taught me: to think like men of action, and to act like men of thought!
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