Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
GEORGE S. PATTONIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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