Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
GEORGE S. PATTON
War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.
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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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