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Say what you mean and mean what you say.

George S. Patton

I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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Army Fight Soldier Win
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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Fight Men Spirit Victory War Weapon Win
Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Example Leadership Officer Voice
There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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Defeat Live Pathethic
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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Army Citizen Country Soldier
Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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History River War
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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People Surprise
Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Acceptance Challenge Exhilaration Victory
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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Follow Leadership War
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Fault Ideas Little Soldier War
All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
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Afraid Battle Coward Duty Manhood Men Overcome Sense War
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Chair Decision
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Command Success Treat
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Business Discipline Perfection Sort War
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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Army Battle War Win
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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Fight Life Live

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

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