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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.
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An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
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Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.
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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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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
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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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My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
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Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
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