Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control a group …

- John A. Lejeune

We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of f…

- John A. Lejeune

Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be counted on. Th…

- John A. Lejeune

From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after gen…

- John A. Lejeune

Fleets cannot operate without bases.

- John A. Lejeune

The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may be ass…

- John A. Lejeune

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

- John A. Lejeune

The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of tea…

- John A. Lejeune