If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air..

There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history..

I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink..

[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours mo….

There are no great men, only ordinary men, who have met extraordinary challenges..

When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them..

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet..

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines c….

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with..

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world..

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months..

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often.

Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs!.

Strike fast, strike hard, strike often..

There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet..