It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
GEORGE S. PATTONFatigue makes cowards of us all.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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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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War is the only place where a man lives.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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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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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
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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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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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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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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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