Do everything you ask of those you command.
GEORGE S. PATTONDo your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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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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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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