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. PATTONSay what you mean and mean what you say.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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