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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

George S. Patton

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Blood Courage Flesh Human Being Miracle
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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Army Battle War Win
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Bastard Country Die War
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Absence Characteristic Courage Moral Valuable
War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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Activity Approach Height Man Rise Supreme Test War
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Die Foolish God Live Men Wrong
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Enemy God Mercy
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Coward Fatigue One Liner
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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Fight Men Spirit Victory War Weapon Win
Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Consequences Duty See
If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Inspirational Man
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Fight Life Live
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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Afraid Battle Coward Duty Manhood Men Overcome Sense War
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Execution Perfection Planning Violent
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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Army Citizen Country Soldier
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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Bounce Success Test

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