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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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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Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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You must do your damdest and win.
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Always do everything you ask of those you command.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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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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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
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Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.
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Those who live in fear die a thousand deaths.
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I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
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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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