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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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California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
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George Smith Patton
Jr.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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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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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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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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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things.
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Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
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...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.
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Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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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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