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We have a saying in the Marine Corps and that is 'no better friend, no worse enemy, than a U.S. Marine.' We always hope for the first, friendship, but are certainly more than ready for the second.

— John F. Kelly

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

— Adam Driver

I experience for the American officers and soldiers that friendship which arises from having shared with them for a length of time dangers, sufferings, and both good and evil fortune.

— Marquis de Lafayette

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

— Aesop

We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.

— James F. Amos

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

— Sophie Swetchine

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

— Jeremy Taylor

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

— Arthur Ashe

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

— Kenneth Branagh

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'

— Reuven Rivlin

✗Opposing Perspectives

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.

— Eric Massa