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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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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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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
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There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
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Pressure makes diamonds
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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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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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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! 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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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
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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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When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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The soldier is the army.
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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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