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I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!
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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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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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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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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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
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When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
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Wars are not won by fighting battles wars are won by choosing battles
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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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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A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.
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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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Always do everything you ask of those you command.
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A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
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A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
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No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
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All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.
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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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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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