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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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 object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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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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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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