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1-> ''Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.''
2-->-- '''Ned Dolan'''
3
4-> ''There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.''
5-->-- '''General William Thornson'''
6
7-> ''Oorah!''
8-->-- '''USMC Battlecry'''
9
10-> ''Casualties - Many; Percentage dead - Unknown; Combat efficiency - We are winning.''
11-->-- '''Colonel David M. Shoup'''
12
13-> ''There's no such thing as an ex-Marine. You may be out, but you never lose the attitude.''
14-->-- '''Jake Sully''', '''''{{Film/Avatar}}'''''
15
16-> ''I was a Marine. A, uh, warrior, of the... Jarhead Clan.''
17-->-- '''Jake Sully''', again, '''''{{Film/Avatar}}'''''
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19->''People have been asking me why I say 'SemperFi' all the time. It's 'cause I'm a Marine, and it's the Marine motto, numbnuts!''
20-->-- '''R. Lee Ermey''' on '''''MailCall'''''
21
22-> ''The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead Marines. And then you will be in a world of shit. Because Marines are not allowed to die without permission! Do you maggots understand?''
23-->-- '''Gunnery Sergeant Hartman''', '''''Film/FullMetalJacket'''''
24
25-> ''Today... is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep Heaven packed with fresh souls! God was here before the Marine Corps! So you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Corps! Do you ladies understand?''
26-->-- again, '''Gunnery Sergeant Hartman''', '''''Film/FullMetalJacket'''''
27
28-> ''Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this: Marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever! And that means YOU live forever.''
29-->-- [[RuleOfThree Take a]] [[Film/FullMetalJacket wild guess.]]
30
31-> ''We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things for us a great deal''.
32-->-- '''Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller''', remarking about the sizable numbers of the Chinese and Korean enemy during the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar
33
34-> ''They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29 to 1. [[BadassBoast They can't get away from us now!]]''
35-->-- A separate account of '''General Puller''''s quote during the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar
36
37-> ''Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?''
38-->-- [[BeamMeUpScotty Attributed]] to '''First Sergeant Dan Daly''', during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Battle of Belleau Wood]].
39
40->From the Halls of Montezuma
41->To the Shores of Tripoli;
42->We will fight our country's battles
43->In the air, on land and sea;
44->First to fight for right and freedom
45->And to keep our honor clean;
46->We are proud to claim the title
47->of United States Marine
48
49->Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
50->From dawn to setting sun;
51->We have fought in ev'ry clime and place
52->Where we could take a gun;
53->In the snow of far-off Northern lands
54->And in sunny tropic scenes;
55->You will find us always on the job--
56->The United States Marines
57
58->Here's health to you and to our Corps
59->Which we are proud to serve
60->In many a strife we've fought for life
61->And never lost our nerve;
62->If the Army and the Navy
63->Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
64->They will find the streets are guarded
65->By United States Marines
66--> -- '''The Marines' Hymn'''
67
68-> ''Semper Fi, motherfucker! Faithful to the corps, John!''
69-->-- '''Sarge''', '''''Film/{{Doom}}'''''
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71-> ''"For more than two centuries, the [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps]] has fought for freedom. But their infamy, their legend, was forged during the hell of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Triumph cannot exist without hardship. The price of victory is paid in the blood of men. Faith, courage, and sacrifice paved their road. And that long journey began in the early hours of December 7th, 1941..."''
72-->-- '''Sgt. Thomas Conlin, ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorPacificAssault'' '''
73
74-> ''I'm a Marine son, I'll walk on water if I have to. Now get off my fucking island while I draw its fire!''
75-->-- '''Major Strickland, ''[[{{VideoGame/Crysis}} Crysis]]'' '''
76
77-> 1918, USA intervene
78-> Until now they were mainly observing
79-> There in the wheat fields and a small piece of land
80-> It´s a battle that will write history
81-> 5 times attacked, and then 5 times repelled
82-> At the 6th time they managed to break the line
83-> Heart of the corps, and a part of the lore
84-> The deadliest weapon on earth
85
86-> Kill, fight, die
87-> That's what a soldier should do
88-> Top of their game
89-> Earning their name
90-> They were the Devil Dogs!
91-> In a war machine
92-> They were the USA Marines
93-->-- ''Music/{{Sabaton}},'' '''Devil Dogs'''
94
95->'''Lt. Ryker''': We're the best of the best, sir! We drink napalm and and piss fire!\
96'''Maj. Camus''': Semper-fi!\
97'''Ryker''': Hoo-rah!
98-->--''Film/ZombieStrippers''
99
100->''"Among my people, Marines are ''the'' warrior clan. All they do is fight. Sometimes they fight at sea and sometimes on land. Sometimes they even fight in the sky. To Marines it makes no difference. We fight the enemies of our people wherever they are."''
101-->-- '''Sergeant Pete Alden''', ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}''

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