Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
GEORGE S. PATTONThere is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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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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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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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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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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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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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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May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Pressure makes diamonds.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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When in doubt, ATTACK!
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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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