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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.
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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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.
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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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When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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.
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All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
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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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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
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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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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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You must do your damdest and win.
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
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The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.
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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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