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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
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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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Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
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America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
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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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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
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Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
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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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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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