Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
GEORGE S. PATTONGive 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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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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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 a man does his best, what else is there?
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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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 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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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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Do more than is required of you.
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May God have mercy for 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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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