Do everything you ask of those you command.
GEORGE S. PATTONBetter to fight for something than live for nothing.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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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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