The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.
Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.
One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.
The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.
Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.
So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.
The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
The Marine Corps has been, and will continue to be, America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness - ready to respond to today's crisis, with today's Marine forces, today.