If a man does his best, what else is there?
GEORGE S. PATTONAll 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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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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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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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Do more than is required of you.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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