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Men, This Stuff That Some Sources Sling Around About America Wanting Out Of This War, Not Wanting To Fight, Is A Crock Of Bullshit. Americans Love To Fight, Traditionally. All Real Americans Love The Sting And Clash Of Battle. You Are Here Today For Three Reasons. First, Because You Are Here To Defend Your Homes And Your Loved Ones. Second, You Are Here For Your Own Self Respect, Because You Would Not Want To Be Anywhere Else. Third, You Are Here Because You Are Real Men And All Real Men Like To Fight.

-George S. Patton

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Men, This Stuff That Some Sources Sling Around About America Wanting Out Of This War, Not Wanting To Fight, Is A Crock Of Bullshit. Americans Love To Fight, Traditionally. All Real Americans Love The Sting And Clash Of Battle. You Are Here Today For Three Reasons. First, Because You Are Here To Defend Your Homes And Your Loved Ones. Second, You Are Here For Your Own Self Respect, Because You Would Not Want To Be Anywhere Else. Third, You Are Here Because You Are Real Men And All Real Men Like To Fight.

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Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time.

An Active Mind Cannot Exist In An Inactive Body.

In Case Of Doubt, Attack.

If I Win I Can't Be Stopped! If I Lose I Shall Be Dead.

I Am A Soldier, I Fight Where I Am Told, And I Win Where I Fight.

When In Doubt, Attack!

Remember Praise Is More Valuable Than Blame.

A Leader Is A Man Who Can Adapt Principles To Circumstances.

War Is Simple, Direct, And Ruthless.

To Conquer, We Must Destroy Our Enemies. We Must Not Only Die Gallantly; We Must Kill Devastatingly. The Faster And More Effectively You Kill, The Longer You Will Live To Enjoy The Priceless Fame Of Conquerors.

A Piece Of Spaghetti Or A Military Unit Can Only Be Led From The Front End.

Lead Me, Follow Me, Or Get Out Of My Way.

Prisoner Of War Guard Companies, Or An Equivalent Organization, Should Be As Far Forward As Possible In Action To Take Over Prisoners Of War, Because Troops Heated With Battle Are Not Safe Custodians. Any Attempt To Rob Or Loot Prisoners Of War By Escorts Must Be Dealt Strictly With.

Tanks Are New And Special Weapon-newer Than, As Special, And Certainly As Valuable As The Airplane.

If We Aren't Victorious, Let No Man Come Back Alive!

There Is Only One Sort Of Discipline - Perfect Discipline. Men Cannot Have Good Battle Discipline And Poor Administrative Discipline.

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.

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.

If Everyone Is Thinking Alike, Then Somebody Isn't Thinking.

In Forty Hours I Shall Be In Battle, With Little Information, And On The Spur Of The Moment Will Have To Make The Most Momentous Decisions. But I Believe That One's Spirit Enlarges With Responsibility And That, With God's Help, I Shall Make Them, And Make Them Right.

Now In War We Are Confronted With Conditions Which Are Strange. If We Accept Them We Will Never Win. Since Being Realistic, As In Mundane Combats Fistic, We Will Get A Bloody Nose And That's A Sin.

A Pint Of Sweat, Saves A Gallon Of Blood.

The Obvious Thing For The Cavalryman To Do Is To Accept The Fighting Machine As A Partner, And Prepare To Meet More Fully The Demands Of Future Warfare.

Every Man Is Scared In His First Battle. If He Says He's Not, He's A Liar. Some Men Are Cowards But They Fight The Same As The Brave Men Or They Get The Hell Slammed Out Of Them Watching Men Fight Who Are Just As Scared As They Are. The Real Hero Is The Man Who Fights Even Though He Is Scared.

A Real Man Will Never Let His Fear Of Death Overpower His Honor, His Sense Of Duty To His Country, And His Innate Manhood.

Let's Keep Our Boots Polished, Bayonets Sharpened, And Present A Picture Of Force And Strength To The Red Army. This Is The Only Language They Understand And Respect.

You Cannot Be Disciplined In Great Things And Undisciplined In Small Things.

You Fight Like You Train.

The Highest Obligation And Privilege Of Citizenship Is Bearing Arms.

Make Your Plans To Fit The Circumstances.

To Be A Successful Soldier You Must Know History. . . . What You Must Know Is How Man Reacts. Weapons Change But Man Who Uses Them Changes Not At All. To Win Battles You Do Not Beat Weapons - You Beat The Soul Of Man Of The Enemy Man.

I Have Studied The Enemy All My Life. I Have Read The Memoirs Of His Generals And His Leaders. I Have Even Read His Philosophers And Listened To His Music. I Have Studied In Detail The Account Of Every Damned One Of His Battles. I Know Exactly How He Will React Under Any Given Set Of Circumstances. And He Hasn't The Slightest Idea Of What I'm Going To Do. So When The Time Comes, I'm Going To Whip The Hell Out Of Him.

I Have The Utmost Confidence That Through Your Efforts We Will Eventually Beat The Hell Out Of Those Bastards - You Name Them; I'll Shoot Them!

Compared To War, All Other Forms Of Human Endeavor Shrink To Insignificance. God Help Me, I Do Love It So.

Americans Love To Fight, Traditionally. All Real Americans Love The Sting And Clash Of Battle.

Fear Kills More People Than Death.

Prepare For The Unknown By Studying How Others In The Past Have Coped With The Unforeseeable And The Unpredictable.

Let Us Not Mourn That Such Men Died, But Rejoice That Such Men Lived.

You Need To Overcome The Tug Of People Against You As You Reach For High Goals.

There Is A Time To Take Counsel Of Your Fears, And There Is A Time To Never Listen To Any Fear.

My Men Don't Dig Foxholes. I Don't Want Them To. Foxholes Only Slow Up An Offensive. Keep Moving. And Don't Give The Enemy Time To Dig One Either.

I Never Take Counsel Of My Fears.

If You Go Into A Battle, It's Better To Win The First Time.

Good Tactics Can Save Even The Worst Strategy. Bad Tactics Will Destroy Even The Best Strategy.

If I Could Have Three Wishes, One Would Be To Take An '88 And Shove That Barrel Up Hitler's Ass So That Cocksucker Can Cry Like The Little God-damned Girl He Is. And Hell, After That, I Wouldn't Need Two More Wishes.

I Believe In The Old And Sound Rule That An Ounce Of Sweat Will Save A Gallon Of Blood.

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.

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.

Accept The Challenges So That You Can Feel The Exhilaration Of Victory.

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.

You Must Be Single Minded. Drive For The One Thing On Which You Have Decided.

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War Is The Supreme Test Of Man In Which He Rises To Heights Never Approached In Any Other Activity.

It Is Rather Interesting How You Get Used To Death.

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.

In Landing Operations, Retreat Is Impossible, To Surrender Is As Ignoble As It Is Foolish. Above All Else Remember That We As Attackers Have The Initiative, We Know Exactly What We Are Going To Do, While The Enemy Is Ignorant Of Our Intentions And Can Only Parry Our Blows. We Must Retain This Tremendous Advantage By Always Attacking Rapidly, Ruthlessly, Viciously, And Without Rest.

All Very Successful Commanders Are Prima Donnas And Must Be So Treated.

Nobody Ever Defended Anything Successfully, There Is Only Attack And Attack And Attack Some More.

The Publicity I Have Been Getting, A Good Deal Of Which Is Untrue, And The Rest Of It Ill Considered, Has Done Me More Harm Than Good. The Only Way You Get On In This Profession Is To Have The Reputation Of Doing What You Are Told As Thoroughly As Possible. So Far I Have Been Able To Accomplish That, And I Believe I Have Gotten Quite A Reputation From Not Kicking At Peculiar Assignments.

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A Good Solution Applied With Vigor Now Is Better Than A Perfect Solution Applied Ten Minutes Later.

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Anyone In Any Walk Of Life Who Is Content With Mediocrity Is Untrue To Himself And To American Tradition.

Pressure Makes Diamonds

Lack Of Orders Is No Excuse For Inaction.

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The Most Vital Quality A Soldier Can Possess Is Self-confidence.

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The Supreme Measure Of A Man, Is What He Would Risk His Life For.

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Americans Play To Win At All Times. I Wouldn't Give A Hoot And Hell For A Man Who Lost And Laughed. That's Why Americans Have Never Lost Nor Ever Lose A War.

Audacity, Audacity, Always Audacity.

The Fixed Determination To Have Acquired The Warrior Soul, To Either Conquer Or Perish With Honor, Is The Secret Of Victory.

Untutored Courage Is Useless In The Face Of Educated Bullets.

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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.

Self Confidence

Live For Something Rather Than Die For Nothing.

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There Is Only One Sort Of Discipline, Perfect Discipline.

Self Discipline

Those Who Live In Fear Die A Thousand Deaths.

Moral Courage Is The Most Valuable And Usually The Most Absent Characteristic In Men

Success In War Depends Upon The Golden Rule Of War.

War Is Very Simple, Direct, And Ruthless. It Takes A Simple, Direct, And Ruthless Man To Wage War.

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

If You Tell People Where To Go, But Not How To Get There, You'll Be Amazed At The Results.

So Let Us Do Real Fighting, Boring In And Gouging, Biting.

Sir, I Am Not A Brave Man...the Truth Is, I Am An Utter Craven Coward. I Have Never Been Within The Sound Of Gunshot Or In Sight Of Battle In My Whole Life That I Wasn't So Scared That I Had Sweat In The Palms Of My Hands.

There Is No Such Thing As Luck, Merely Opportunity Meeting Preparedness. George S. Patton Jr.

Never Let The Enemy Pick The Battle Site.

You Cannot Be Disciplined In Great Things And Undisciplined In Small Things. Brave Undisciplined Men Have No Chance Against The Discipline And Valour Of Other Men. Have You Seen A Few Policemen Handle A Crowd?

If A Man Does His Best, What Else Is There?

Plans Must Be Simple And Flexible....they Must Be Made By The People Who Execute Them.

All Men Are Frightened. The More Intelligent They Are, The More They Are Frightened.

I Wouldn't Give A Hoot In Hell For A Man Who Lost And Laughed! Gen.

For Over A Thousand Years Roman Conquerors Returning From The Wars Enjoyed The Honor Of Triumph, A Tumultuous Parade. In The Procession Came Trumpeteers, Musicians And Strange Animals From Conquered Territories, Together With Carts Laden With Treasure And Captured Armaments. The Conquerors Rode In A Triumphal Chariot, The Dazed Prisoners Walking In Chains Before Him. Sometimes His Children Robed In White Stood With Him In The Chariot Or Rode The Trace Horses. A Slave Stood Behind The Conqueror Holding A Golden Crown And Whispering In His Ear A Warning: That All Glory Is Fleeting.

Officers Must Be Made To Care For Their Men. That Is The Sole Duty Of All Officers.

If Everybody's Thinking The Same Thing, Then Nobody's Thinking.

In War The Only Sure Defense Is Offense, And The Efficiency Of The Offense Depends On The Warlike Souls Of Those Conducting It.

Battle... Brings Out All That Is Best.

The God Of War Hates Those Who Hesitate.

There Is No Proof Nor Yet Any Denial. We Were, We Are, And We Will Be.

Battle Is The Most Magnificent Competition In Which A Human Being Can Indulge.

There's Only One Way For A Professional Soldier To Die. That's From The Last Bullet Of The Last Battle Of The Last War.

Let's Shoot The Works And Win! Yes Win It All.

Always Do Everything You Ask Of Those You Command.

Military Leadership

Military Command

The Soldier Is The Army. No Army Is Better Than Its Soldiers. The Soldier Is Also A Citizen. In Fact, The Highest Obligation And Privilege Of Citizenship Is That Of Bearing Arms For One’s Country

I'd Rather Have A German Division In Front Of Me Than A French One Behind.

The Test Of Success Is Not What You Do When You Are On Top. Success Is How High You Bounce When You Hit Bottom.

In Case Of Doubt, Push On Just A Little Further And Then Keep On Pushing.

Close The Playand Keep The Store Open Nights.

War Is An Art And As Such Is Not Susceptible Of Explanation By Fixed Formula

Success Demands A High Level Of Logistical And Organizational Competence.

The Most Difficult Thing About Being Humble Is Not Being Able To Brag About It.

Better To Fight For Something Than Live For Nothing.

Successful Generals Make Plans To Fit Circumstances, But Do Not Try To Create Circumstances To Fit Plans.

Few Men Are Killed By The Bayonet, Many Are Scared By It. Bayonets Should Be Fixed When The Fire Fight Starts

Do As I Have Taught You, And You Will Stay Alive.

All Men Are Timid On Entering Any Fight. Whether It Is The First Or The Last Fight, All Of Us Are Timid. Cowards Are Those Who Let Their Timidity Get The Better Of Their Manhood.

Do Not Try To Make Circumstances Fit Your Plans. Make Plans That Fit The Circumstances.

The Courageous Man Is The Man Who Forces Himself, In Spite Of His Fear, To Carry On.

When You Have Collected All The Facts And Fears And Made Your Decision, Turn Off All Your Fears And Go Ahead!

I Do Not Have To Tell You Who Won The War. You Know, The Artillery Did.

Battle Is The Most Magnificent Competition In Which A Human Being Can Indulge. It Brings Out All That Is Best; It Removes All That Is Base. All Men Are Afraid In Battle. The Coward Is The One Who Lets His Fear Overcome His Sense Of Duty. Duty Is The Essence Of Manhood.

It Is Foolish And Wrong To Mourn The Men Who Died. Rather We Should Thank God That Such Men Lived.

Accept The Challenges So That You May Feel The Exhilaration Of Victory. Always Do More Than Is Required Of You. If A Man Has Done His Best, What Else Is There?

Be Willing To Make Decisions. That's The Most Important Quality In A Good Leader.

Decisions You Make

Take Calculated Risks.

Calculated Risk

A Man Is Not Measured By How Much He Can Take And Stand But By How Fast He Regains Once Fallen.

Have Taken Trier With Two Divisions. What Do You Want Me To Do? Give It Back?

Unless You Do Your Best, The Day Will Come When, Tired And Hungry, You Will Halt Just Short Of The Goal You Were Ordered To Reach, And By Halting You Will Make Useless The Efforts And Deaths Of Thousands.

Human Beings Are Made Up Of Flesh And Blood, And A Miracle Fiber Called Courage.

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.

Just Drive Down That Road, Until You Get Blown Up

Remember Wars Are Won By Killing People. The More We Kill, The Quicker We'll Get Out Of This War.

Success Is How You Bounce On The Bottom.

I Always Believe In Being Prepared, Even When I'm Dressed In White Tie And Tails.

I Read The Bible - Every Goddamn Day.

Do Your Duty As You See It, And Damn The Consequences.

All Glory Is Fleeting.

For Years I Have Been Accused Of Making Snap Judgments. Honestly, This Is Not The Case Because I Am A Profound Military Student And The Thoughts I Express, Perhaps Too Flippantly, Are The Result Of Years Of Thought And Study.

Sure, We Want To Go Home. We Want This War Over With. The Quickest Way To Get It Over With Is To Go Get The Bastards Who Started It.

Do Not Make Excuses, Whether It's Your Fault Or Not.

A Civil Servant Is Sometimes Like A Broken Cannon - It Won't Work And You Can't Fire It.

The Soldier Is The Army.

You're Never Beaten Until You Admit It

Men, This Stuff That Some Sources Sling Around About America Wanting Out Of This War, Not Wanting To Fight, Is A Crock Of Bullshit. Americans Love To Fight, Traditionally.

When In Doubt, Observe And Ask Questions. When Certain, Observe At Length And Ask Many More Questions.

May God Have Mercy For My Enemies Because I Won't.

Continue To Advance Until You Run Out Of Ammunition. Then, Dig In.

By Perseverance, Study, And Eternal Desire, Any Man Can Become Great.

A Good Battle Plan That You Act On Today Can Be Better Than A Perfect One Tomorrow.

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.

Achievers Are Resolute In Their Goals And Driven By Determination. Discouragement Is Temporary, Obstacles Are Overcome, And Doubt Is Defeated, Yielding To Personal Victory. You Need To Overcome The Tug Of People Against You As You Reach For High Goals. Accept The Challenges, So That You May Feel The Exhilaration Of Victory.

I Don’t Fear Failure. I Only Fear The Slowing Up Of The Engine Inside Of Me Which Is Saying, ‘keep Going, Someone Must Be On Top, Why Not You?

Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say.

This Is A Hell Of A Way To Die.

The Duties Of An Officer Are The Safety, Honor, And Welfare Of Your Country First; The Honor, Welfare, And Comfort Of The Men In Your Command Second; And The Officer S Own Ease, Comfort, And Safety Last.

Remember That The Enemy Is Just As Frightened As You Are And Probably More So. They Are Not Supermen

America Loves A Winner, And Will Not Tolerate A Loser, This Is Why America Has Never, And Will Never, Lose A War.

A Good Plan Violently Executed Now Is Better Than A Perfect Plan Executed Next Week.

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!

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.

Urge All Of Your Men To Pray, Not Alone In Church, But Everywhere. Pray When Driving. Pray When Fighting. Pray Alone. Pray With Others. Pray By Night And Pray By Day. Pray For The Cessation Of Immoderate Rains, For Good Weather For Battle.pray For The Defeat Of Our Wicked Enemy Whose Banner Is Injustice And Whose Good Is Oppression. Pray For Victory. Pray For Our Army, And Pray For Peace. We Must March Together, All Out For God.

When I Want My Men To Remember Something Important, To Really Make It Stick, I Give It To Them Double Dirty.

Never Draw A Gun On A Man Unless You Intend To Kill Him. And Believe Me, If You Do Intend To Kill Him He Will Already Know It. Then He Will Feel The Cold Breath Of The Tomb.

Battle Is An Orgy Of Disorder.

Success Is How High You Bounce When You Hit Bottom.

The Real Hero Is The Man Who Fights Even Though He Is Scared.

No Good Decision Was Ever Made In A Swivel Chair.

Most Battles Are Won Before They Are Ever Fought.

It Is The Cold Glitter Of The Attacker's Eye Not The Point Of The Questing Bayonet That Breaks The Line.

Duty Is The Essence Of Manhood.

Wars May Be Fought With Weapons, But They Are Won By Men.

The Leader Must Be An Actor.

Don't Fall Victim To What I Call The Ready-aim-aim-aim-aim Syndrome. You Must Be Willing To Fire.

Decisions You Make

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.

Success Is Not Getting To The Top - But How You Bounce Up From The Bottom That Counts.

If We Take The Generally Accepted Definition Of Bravery As A Quality Which Knows No Fear, I Have Never Seen A Brave Man. All Men Are Frightened. The More Intelligent They Are, The More They Are Frightened.

Take Not Counsel Of Your Fears

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.

Discipline Must Be A Habit So Ingrained That It Is Stronger Than The Excitement Of Battle.

The Only Way You Get On In This Profession Is To Have The Reputation Of Doing What You Are Told As Thoroughly As Possible.

It Is Only By Doing Things Others Have Not That One Can Advance.

Never In History Has The Navy Landed An Army At The Planned Time And Place. But If You Land Us Anywhere Within 50 Miles Of Fedela And Within 1 Week Of D-day. I'll Go Ahead And Win.

Now If You Are Going To Win Any Battle You Have To Do One Thing. You Have To Make The Mind Run The Body. Never Let The Body Tell The Mind What To Do. The Body Will Always Give Up. It Is Always Tired Morning, Noon, And Night. But The Body Is Never Tired If The Mind Is Not Tired. When You Were Younger The Mind Could Make You Dance All Night, And The Body Was Never Tired... You've Always Got To Make The Mind Take Over And Keep Going.

In The Space Of Two Days I Had Evolved Two Plans, Wholly Distinct, Both Of Which Were Equally Feasible. The Point I Am Trying To Bring Out Is That One Does Not Plan And Then Try To Make Circumstances Fit Those Plans. One Tries To Make Plans Fit The Circumstances.

Men, This Stuff That Some Sources Sling Around About America Wanting Out Of This War, Not Wanting To Fight, Is A Crock Of Bullshit. Americans Love To Fight, Traditionally. All Real Americans Love The Sting And Clash Of Battle. You Are Here Today For Three Reasons. First, Because You Are Here To Defend Your Homes And Your Loved Ones. Second, You Are Here For Your Own Self Respect, Because You Would Not Want To Be Anywhere Else. Third, You Are Here Because You Are Real Men And All Real Men Like To Fight.

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