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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.

George S. Patton

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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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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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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.
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A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Do more than is required of you.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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