"From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security."

-- John A. Lejeune

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Home Quotes

“But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.”
“I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths.”
“What fiction does is bring you closer to the essence of truth, as opposed to simply giving you the truth. And there's no knowing truth. Truth seekers are all charlatans. You can only feel the truth of something.”
“Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.”

Source : "John Bercow dismisses Daily Mail as a 'bigoted comic'" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2011.
“Wherever you are, that's the entry point.”
“Most people today in our churches are lost, and they demonstrate that they are lost because their entire Christianity is nothing more than, 'They made a decision.'”
“Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other MenÂ ; and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it.”
“When it comes down to it you have to be true to yourself and the rest falls into place.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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