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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George S. Patton

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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
When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Army Attack Doubt War
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Absence Characteristic Courage Moral Valuable
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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Afraid Battle Courage Discipline Man Produce Sane
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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Bounce Success Test
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Die Foolish God Live Men Wrong
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Army History Military Soldier War
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Command Success Treat
Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Example Leadership Officer Voice
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
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Active Body Exist Inactive Mind
Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Consequences Duty See
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
Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Command Leadership War

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