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The god of war hates those who hesitate.
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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Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
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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.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
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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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Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
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If I could have three wishes, one would be to take an '88 and shove that barrel up Hitler's ass so that cocksucker can cry like the little god-damned girl he is. And hell, after that, I wouldn't need two more wishes.
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Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
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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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Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
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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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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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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
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