George S. Patton Quotes - Page 6

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  Country, Men, Safety

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• From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a good Goddamn about such complaints. I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. The harder we push, the more Germans we will kill. The more Germans we kill, the fewer of our men will be killed. Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.

  George S. Patton

  Believe, Mean, Army

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.

  George S. Patton

  Military, Believe, Moving

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• Most battles are won before they are ever fought.

  George S. Patton

  Wisdom, Battle

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• Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

  George S. Patton

  Military, Ostentatious

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  Moving, Men, Giving

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

  George S. Patton

  Running, Courage, Blood

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• A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

  George S. Patton

  Country, Real, Men

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

  George S. Patton

  Men, Care, Made

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• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

  George S. Patton

  Military, War, 4th Of July

  "Cavalry Journal", September 1933.

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• In war nothing is impossible, provided you use audacity.

  George S. Patton

  War, Audacity, Use

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• Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

  George S. Patton

  Discipline, Battle, Stronger

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• Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.

  George S. Patton

  Staff, Disposition, Function

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• A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.

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  Destiny, Men, Doe

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• I never take counsel of my fears.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational

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• All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

  George S. Patton

  Successful, Treated, Prima Donnas

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  War, Home, Want

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.

  George S. Patton

  Jobs, Real, Hero

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

  George S. Patton

  Discipline, Perfect, Self Discipline

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• 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.

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  Enemy, Priceless, Conquer

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• Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

  George S. Patton

  Courage, Military, War

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  Knowledge, Roots, Tree

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• Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet

  George S. Patton

  Thinking, Feet, Coward

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• My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.

  George S. Patton

  Army, Men, Tanks

  "The Struggle for Europe". Book by Chester Wilmot, p. 473, 1972.

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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.

  George S. Patton

  Fighting, Army, Men

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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