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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 a man does his best, what else is there?
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It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.
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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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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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I read the Bible - every goddamn day.
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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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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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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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Always do more than is required of you.
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There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless.
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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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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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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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The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
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The god of war hates those who hesitate.
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Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
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Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
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