Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
GEORGE S. PATTONThe 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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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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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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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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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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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