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In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.
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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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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The god of war hates those who hesitate.
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Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
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An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
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The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! 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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Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
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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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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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Battle... brings out all that is best.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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