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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.

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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A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
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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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We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
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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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I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
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Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
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Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
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In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.
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In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.
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Battle is an orgy of disorder.
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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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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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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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