George S. Patton quotes - page 4

It is rather interesting how you get used to death. (George S. Patton)
Battle is an orgy of disorder. View quote
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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. View quote
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity. View quote
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War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula. View quote
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I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. View quote
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A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end. View quote
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When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. View quote
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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. View quote
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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! View quote
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There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be. (George S. Patton)
Fatigue makes cowards of all of us. View quote
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In the second place, Harrison and his ilk believe that the Displaced Person is a human being, which he is not, and this applies particularly to the Jews, who are lower than animals. View quote
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One cannot but ponder the question: What if the Arabs had been Christians? To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed 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. Here, I think, is a text for some eloquent sermon on the virtues of Christianity. View quote
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Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American. View quote
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I finished the Koran – a good book and interesting. View quote
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It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed. View quote
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I have sinned and I have suffered, Played the hero and the knave; Fought for belly, shame, or country, And for each have found a grave. I cannot name my battles For the visions are not clear, Yet, I see the twisted faces And I feel the rending spear. View quote
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Few men are killed by bayonets, but many are scared by them. Having the bayonet fixed makes our men want to close. Only the threat to close will defeat a determined enemy. View quote
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There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily. All because one man went to sleep on the job. But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did. View quote
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I'd rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind. (George S. Patton)
All military governments are going to be targets from now on for every sort of Jewish and Communistic attack from the press. My self esteem would be better had I simply asked for immediate retirement but then any thing I said in the future could be attributed to revenge... At the moment I feel pretty mad. View quote
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I have fought with gun and cutlass On the red and slippery deck With all Hell aflame within me And a rope around my neck. View quote
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We promised the Europeans freedom. It would be worse than dishonorable not to see that they have it. This might mean war with the Russians, but what of it? They have no air force, and their gasoline and ammunition supplies are low. I've seen their miserable supply trains; mostly wagons drawn by beaten up old horses or oxen. I'll say this; the Third Army alone and with damned few casualties, could lick what is left of the Russians in six weeks. You mark my words. Don't ever forget them. Someday we will have to fight them and it will take six years and cost us six million lives. View quote
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We've defeated the wrong enemy. View quote
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