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Top 20 James Mattis Quotes (2025 Update)

James Mattis Quote: “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.”

1. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.”

— James Mattis

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James Mattis Quote: “PowerPoint makes us stupid.”

2. “PowerPoint makes us stupid.”

— James Mattis

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

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

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.”

4. “The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.”

5. “I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.”

— James Mattis

Featured in: Quotes About Night

James Mattis Quote: “Fight with a happy heart.”

6. “Fight with a happy heart.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “You are part of the world’s most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”

8. “You are part of the world’s most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “No war is over until the enemy says it’s over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.”

9. “No war is over until the enemy says it’s over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do. It’s just business.”

10. “There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do. It’s just business.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.”

11. “Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.”

13. “There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “You’ve been told that you’re broken, that you’re damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don’t buy it. The truth, instead, is that you are the only folks with the skills, determination, and values to ensure American dominance in this chaotic world.”

15. “You’ve been told that you’re broken, that you’re damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don’t buy it. The truth, instead, is that you are the only folks with the skills, determination, and values to ensure American dominance in this chaotic world.”

— James Mattis

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James Mattis Quote: “Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.”

16. “Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “It’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you, I like brawling.”

17. “It’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you, I like brawling.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.”

18. “A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.”

19. “The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy’s?”

20. “It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy’s?”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “Treachery has existed as long as there’s been warfare, and there’s always been a few people that you couldn’t trust.”

21. “Treachery has existed as long as there’s been warfare, and there’s always been a few people that you couldn’t trust.”

— James Mattis

James Mattis Quote: “Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot.”

22. “Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot.”

— James Mattis

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