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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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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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Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
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Wars are not won by fighting battles wars are won by choosing battles
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Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
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A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.
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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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I read the Bible - every goddamn day.
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