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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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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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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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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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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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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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