No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
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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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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Say what you mean and mean what you say.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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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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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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