No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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