All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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