Jerry Jones Quotes

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

These guys that were standing up to fight, for the most part, had pride in their country, and they wanted to do the best, and they wanted to go out and fight, and I was as close to these Afghans as I was to the Marines.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

There is only one Army in which you serve. When that identity is gone, it is gone forever.

Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel.

Once an Armyman, always an Armyman.

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen volunteer to protect and defend this country and all its citizens, and do so with honor, integrity and excellence. Our nation continually asks them to do more and more, with less and less.

The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

I can't imagine a more loyal employee to have than somebody who's laid their life on the line for their country.

I swear in front of my mother’s grave and in the presence of God, that I shall not hesitate to join her if this be necessary for the defense of the sovereignty which the nation has won at the cost of so much blood. I deem it a debt of conscience and honor to give my life for the sake of national sovereignty.

Where could death have found him but at the post of duty.

He gave up all to serve the republic. Omnia relinquit servare rem publicam.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.

Blessed is that country whose soldiers fight for it and are willing to give the best they have, the best that any man has, their own lives, to preserve it, because they love it. Such an army the United States has always commanded in every crisis of its history.

One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.

Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.

I've been overtly and covertly serving America since I started in the armed services.