Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
GEORGE S. PATTONSuccess in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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 am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Do more than is required of you.
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