George S. Patton Quotes - Page 8

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• Remember wars are won by killing people. The more we kill, the quicker we'll get out of this war.

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  War, People, Remember

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• Success is how you bounce on the bottom.

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  Military, War, Bottom

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• 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.

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  War, Soldier, Dying

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• There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.

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  Denial, Immortality, Proof

  Letter to his mother from Chamlieu, France, November 20, 1917.

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• War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula

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  Art, Military, War

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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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  Military, Fighting, Men

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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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  Army, Land, Enemy

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• ...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

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  Military, Perfect, Succeed

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• Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!

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  Military, Feet, Lasts

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• 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.

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  Military, Years, Profound

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• I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.

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  War, Military, Believe

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• The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.

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  Determination, Warrior, Soul

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• 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.

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  Courage, Men, Sight

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• If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.

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  Winning, Battle, Firsts

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• If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?

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  Country, Military, Patriotic

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• It is rather interesting how you get used to death.

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  Interesting, Used

  Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. "The Patton Papers 1940-1945". Book edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 243, 1996.

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• 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.

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  Done, Publicity, Harm

  Letter to Frederick Ayers on May 05, 1943. "The Patton Papers 1940-1945". Book edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 242, 1996.

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• continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.

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  Running, Ammunition

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• Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.

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  Alive, Taught, Staying Alive

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• This is a hell of a way to die.

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  Way, Hell, Dies

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• War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.

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  War, Rip, Blood

  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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• Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.

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  Successful, Trying, Fit

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• 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.

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  War, Blow, Ignorant

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• 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.

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  War, Military, Mean

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• If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!

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  Men, Victory, Alive

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