George S. Patton quotes - page 2

The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian have no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk. (George S. Patton)
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. View quote
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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! View quote
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All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated. View quote
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you are in doubt attack! View quote
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. View quote
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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. View quote
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Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. View quote
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You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. (George S. Patton)
My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Have taken Trier with two divisions. What do you want me to do? Give it back? View quote
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Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate, because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy. View quote
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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. View quote
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We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans.... My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years. View quote
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Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men. View quote
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Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen. View quote
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. (George S. Patton)
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results. View quote
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Never let the enemy pick the battle site. View quote
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The soldier is the army. View quote
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You're never beaten until you admit it. View quote
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