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Since The Birth Of Our Nation, The Steady Performance Of The Marine Corps In Fighting America's Battles Has Made It The Very Symbol Of Military Excellence. The Corps Has Come To Be Recognized Worldwide As An Elite Force Of Fighting Men, Renowned For Their Physical Endurance, For Their High Level Of Obedience, And For The Fierce Pride They Take, As Individuals, In The Capacity For Self Discipline.

The Best Defense Against A Powerful And Positive Dynamic Ideology Is Neither Verbal Attack Nor Criticism, Which Are Useful, But To Set Up An Equally Powerful And Dynamic Ideology Against It.

A Man Has Only One Escape From His Old Self: To See A Different Self In The Mirror Of Some Woman's Eyes.

Censorship, Like Charity, Should Begin At Home, But, Unlike Charity, It Should End There.

Rome Is The City Above All Cities Which Loses Most Of Its Meaning To Those Who Do Not Bring To It Some Historical Sense, A Decent Knowledge Of Art, And A Good Amount Of Time. Rome Therefore Is Particularly Disturbing To An American.