No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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