We always keep an eye on the submarines at sea and I prefer not to say any more than that. Jim Mattis More Quotes by Jim Mattis More Quotes From Jim Mattis So long as our Corps fields such Marines, America has nothing to fear from tyrants, be they Fascists, Communists or Tyrants with Medieval Ideology. For we serve in a Corps with no institutional confusion about our purpose: To fight! To fight well! Jim Mattis nothing fight fear long I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don't buy it. Jim Mattis veterans buy say just You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through. Jim Mattis stay you reading people The Army was always big on Clausewitz, the Prussian; the Navy on Alfred Thayer Mahan, the American; and the Air Force on Giulio Douhet, the Italian. But the Marine Corps has always been more Eastern-oriented. I am much more comfortable with Sun-tzu and his approach to warfare. Jim Mattis i-am always navy army There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant. There was always a sense that we had to put things into words that would touch our troops' hearts, not just their heads. Jim Mattis words believe people fall I've had some 'riotous excursions of the human spirit' alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it's time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way - they earned their stripes in combat. Jim Mattis leave spirit time way Iran is not a nation-state; it's a revolutionary cause devoted to mayhem. Jim Mattis cause devoted iran revolutionary I don't think the U.S. military is conservative. It's pragmatic. Jim Mattis think pragmatic conservative military There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops. Jim Mattis skill win you victory Marines don't know how to spell the word 'defeat'. Jim Mattis marines how know defeat I've lived a very colorful life, and I've said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I've never apologized for them - and I won't. Jim Mattis never back colorful life Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We'll adapt, we'll train, we'll advise, we'll mentor, and we'll fight, and we'll fight well. Jim Mattis will fight mentor enemy I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was engaged in a fight somewhere, and I knew within a couple of minutes how I was going to screw up the enemy. And I knew it because I'd done so much reading. Jim Mattis down fight you reading Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face nothing new under the sun. Jim Mattis face new sun history Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don't understand it. It's like America has lost faith in rational thought. Jim Mattis thought understand faith country There's no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival is not part of the cards. Jim Mattis will power cards way No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans. Jim Mattis you situation news positive Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act. Jim Mattis enemies some create you Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country. Jim Mattis never change military country There are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line. Jim Mattis bad-days days bad good
