George S. Patton Quotes - Page 9

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• 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.

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  Fear, Men, Essence

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• 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

  George S. Patton

  Suicide, Military, Moving

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• Take calculated risks.

  George S. Patton

  Military, Risk, Calculated Risk

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• Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all.

  George S. Patton

  Winning

  "Absolute War". Poem by George S. Patton, Stanza 5. "The Patton Papers 1940-1945". Book edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 492, 1996.

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• I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

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  Believe, Blood, Sweat

  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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• Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.

  George S. Patton

  Military, War, Men

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  Real, Liars, 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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• Success is not getting to the top - but how you bounce up from the bottom that counts.

  George S. Patton

  Bottom, Bounce

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• Take not counsel of your fears

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• I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.

  George S. Patton

  Courage

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• 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.

  George S. Patton

  Military, War, Organization

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• I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.

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  Army, White, Age

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

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• It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.

  George S. Patton

  Eye, Army, Bayonets

  "How We Are Changed by War: A Study of Letters and Diaries from Colonial Conflicts to Operation Iraqi Freedom". Book by D.C. Gill, p. 70, 2010.

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• Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war.

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  War, Golden, Golden Rule

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• I am the best damn ass-kicker in the whole U.S. Army!

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  Army, Kickers, Ass

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• You must do your damdest and win.

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  Military, Winning

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• I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.

  George S. Patton

  Wrestling, 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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• 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.

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  Encouraging, Believe, Responsibility

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• 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.

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  Military, War, Fighting

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• A man must know his destiny.

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  Destiny, Men, Fork In The Road

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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.

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  War, Winning, Men

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• In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

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  Battle, Rifles, Opinion

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• Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen

  George S. Patton

  Army, Enemy, Remember

  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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• Have taken Trier with two divisions. What do you want me to do? Give it back?

  George S. Patton

  Taken, Two, Giving

  Reply to a message from Dwight Eisenhower on March 02, 1945. Introduction to "War as I Knew it". Book by George S. Patton, p. 20, 1947.

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• All glory is fleeting.

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  Military, Fleeting, Glory

  "Fictional character: General George S. Patton Jr". "Patton", www.imdb.com. 1970.

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