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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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Military Commander
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California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
Bandito
General Patton
George Smith Patton
Jr.
G.S. Patton
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If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
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In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.
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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!
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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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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?
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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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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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To conquer, we must destroy our enemies. We must not only die gallantly we must kill devastatingly. The faster and more effectively you kill, the longer you will live to enjoy the priceless fame of conquerors.
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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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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