No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
GEORGE S. PATTONWar is the only place where a man lives.
More George S. Patton Quotes
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.
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Do everything you ask of those you command.
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Throughout history wars have been lost because of armies not crossing rivers.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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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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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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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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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 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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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