May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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Do more than is required of you.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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