Say what you mean and mean what you say.
GEORGE S. PATTONIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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 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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Do more than is required of you.
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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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