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. PATTONBattle 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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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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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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