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Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
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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A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
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The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
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You fight like you train.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
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I read the Bible - every goddamn day.
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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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Battle is an orgy of disorder.
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Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
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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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Close the playand keep the store open nights.
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
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