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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
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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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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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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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Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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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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There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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If a man does his best, what else is there?
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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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I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
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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 a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.
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So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting.
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In case of doubt, attack.
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I read the Bible - every goddamn day.
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A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
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