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. PATTONI don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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