Posted on 03/15/2016 5:54:28 AM PDT by Kaslin
1) “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor b@stards.” -- Creighton W. Abrams during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII
2) “Let justice be done though the heavens should fall”. — U.S President John Adams
3) "Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead." — Roger Bannister
4) "Are you guys ready? Let's roll." -- Todd Beamer's last words before he led Americans on United Airlines Flight 93 to attack a cockpit controlled by terrorists
5) "I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!" — George W. Bush from the wreckage of the WTC, responding to someone who said they couldn't hear him
6) "I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." -- First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates in 1918, during WWI
7) "You’ll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!" — Capt. Henry P. Crowe, Guadalcanal, January 1943
8) "Come on, you sons of b*tches! Do you want to live forever?" — GySgt. Daniel J. ‘Dan’ Daly, as he led the 5th Marines’ attack into Belleau Wood, June 6, 1918
9) "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" — David G. Farragut in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864
10) "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." — Nathan Hale before being hung by the British
11) "Before we’re through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell." — William F. Halsey’s response after seeing the wreckage of Pearl Harbor
12) "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, 'Peace! Peace!' — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" — Patrick Henry, 1775
13) "We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father’s name." — Sam Houston in 1836, before the Battle of Jan Jacinto
14) "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." — Thomas Jefferson
15) "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way." — The “Father of the American Navy" John Paul Jones during the Revolutionary War
16) "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Basketball player, Michael Jordan
17) "I'll tell you what war is about, you've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting." — U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay
18) "Nuts" -- The one word response of Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe when the Germans demanded his surrender at the Battle of the Bulge
19) "No options now, buddy, kill 'em all!" -- SEAL Michael Murphy to his friend Marcus Luttrell as the four of them were being attacked by a large Taliban force
20) “Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the b*stards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-b*tch Hitler just like I’d shoot a snake”. — George S. Patton — From a speech given during WWII
21) "Don’t you forget that you’re First Marines! Not all the communists in Hell can overrun you!" — ‘Chesty’ Puller rallying his First Marine Regiment near Chosin Reservoir, Korea, December 1950
22) "Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong." — Ronald Reagan after bombing Libya
23) "Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." -- Teddy Roosevelt decided to finish his speech in 1912 AFTER being shot in the chest with a Colt .38
24) "Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" — John Stark at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
25) “(If this call is neglected) I am determined to sustain myself for as long as possible, and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country.” — William Travis, Commander at the Alamo
I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I’m all out of bubblegum.
LOL
None from Stonewall Jackson? Hmmmmm.
I personally like Patton’s comments on war over Curtis Lemay’s:
“No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.”
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
Dying ain’t much a way of making a living, boy. Outlaw Jose Wales
Best fictional manly quote, IMO:
Aragorn's speech at the Black Gate:
Aragorn: Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
Great Quotes.
But Roger Bannister was not an American.
Let’s roll still gives me chills. That day could have been much worse.
War means fighting, and fighting means killing.
— General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Boys, do you hear that musketry and that artillery? It means that our friends are falling by the hundreds at the hands of the enemy, and here we are guarding a damned creek! Let’s go and help them. What do you say?
— General Nathan Bedford Forrest
“I ended the war a horse ahead.”
General Nathan Bedford Forrest who had 30 horses shot from under him
Don’t forget one of Obama’s famous lines.....”FORE”
That one about being surrounded, wasn’t something like it said in the Civil War?
Sorry to nitpick, but Roger Bannister was from England. Not that his wasn’t a great quote.
I feel this post is a micro-aggression and racist since almost all the quotes are from dead white guys....
Somebody get me my Teddy bear.... /s
Later
Yes, but from the voice of Donald Trump
“Somebody get me my Teddy bear.... /s”
Remember, the “Teddy bear” was named after the guy in #23 above, who had a small - and real - bear stuffed for fun. Yes, the Teddy bear was invented by a now-dead white guy.
(Yes, saw the /s, like to run with ideas at face value.)
Honorable mention: my tagline.
Lee Iacocca was known to have said “If you can’t lead or follow then get the hell out of the way.”
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