When in doubt, ATTACK!
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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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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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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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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 only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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