All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Do more than is required of you.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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