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.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the only place where a man lives.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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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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May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.
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Success in war depends on the golden rules of war: speed, simplicity, and boldness.
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There is nothing more pathetic and futile than a general who lives long enough to explain a defeat.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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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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A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
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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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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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