I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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Do more than is required of you.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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War is the only place where a man lives.
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