Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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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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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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