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.
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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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Do more than is required of you.
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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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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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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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