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It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
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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San Gabriel
California
The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
Bandito
General Patton
George Smith Patton
Jr.
G.S. Patton
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
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To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.
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I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
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We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
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I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
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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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My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
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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 am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.
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