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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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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.
George S. Patton
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton
Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.
George S. Patton
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
George S. Patton
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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Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war.
George S. Patton
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
George S. Patton
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
George S. Patton
I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
George S. Patton
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
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A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
George S. Patton
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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Wars are not won by fighting battles wars are won by choosing battles
George S. Patton
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.
George S. Patton
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.
George S. Patton
