Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
GEORGE S. PATTONMoral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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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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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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