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Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
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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The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
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George Smith Patton
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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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It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
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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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So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.
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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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In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.
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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
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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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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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But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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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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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war.
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My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.
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