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James Mattis is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 26th United States Secretary of Defense. He has extensive experience in military and diplomatic fields, having participated in several military operations and playing a significant role in international affairs.

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“You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad.”

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“If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.”

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“The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.”

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“We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg with you for a minute. I'm going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.”

“In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony - even vicious harmony - on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. We have got to have officers who can create harmony across all those lines.”

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“There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline...you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.”

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Born: September 8, 1950
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Quotes: 72

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