R. Lee Ermey Quotes & Sayings

“I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.”

“There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.”

“It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.”

“Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.”

“Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.”

“Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.”

“Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.”

“I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.”

“I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.”

“The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.”