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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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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 case of doubt, attack.
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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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Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
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...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.
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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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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
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Remember praise is more valuable than blame.
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
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Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
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You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.
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