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In case of doubt, attack.
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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George Smith Patton
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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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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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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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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A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
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I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.
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A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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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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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
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You fight like you train.
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Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.
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Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
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The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
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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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Take calculated risks.
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Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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