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.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Do more than is required of you.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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