Jason Kander Quotes

In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could be the best thing in the world and the best job you could ever, ever wish for. It has got so much to offer.

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.

As a former Airman First Class in the United States Air Force, like many veterans in America, my military experience played an important part in instilling in me a sense of character and discipline that has served me throughout my life.

It's like I learned in the military: the officers always ate last. When you're responsible for people, that's how it should be.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.

I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

You have received an order from your Commander in Chief.

One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.

My father and brothers were in the military.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

My dad always had huge respect for the British Army. He always thought it was one of the best. And I think it changed his life - those seven years in that Army.

For much of my life, the Navy was the only world I knew. It is still the world I know best and love most.

When I went to West Point, I was there with cadets from 50 other states and territories. Cadets from other countries, and you learn all of these things about our country, about our culture, our heritage, our ethnicity. At the end of the day, you come back, we all wear green, and we all consider ourselves an Army.

Join the military, there is nothing better. You get to travel a lot.

As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.

The Corps is in good hands, and it's been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it's time to go.