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James Mattis quotes: Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

James Mattis quotes: It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling.

It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling.

James Mattis quotes: In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in a while.

In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in a while.

James Mattis quotes: You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad.

You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad.

James Mattis quotes: Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.

Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.

James Mattis quotes: There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

James Mattis quotes: PowerPoint makes us stupid.

PowerPoint makes us stupid.

James Mattis quotes: It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?

It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?

James Mattis quotes: The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.

The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.

James Mattis quotes: You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

James Mattis quotes: I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

James Mattis quotes: Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine.

Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine.

James Mattis quotes: A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.

A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.

James Mattis quotes: No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

James Mattis quotes: Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

James Mattis quotes: An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

James Mattis quotes: Fight with a happy heart.

Fight with a happy heart.

James Mattis quotes: Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.

James Mattis quotes: The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

James Mattis quotes: There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.

There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.

James Mattis quotes: If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.