George S. Patton Quotes

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• In case of doubt, attack.
• A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.
• A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
• Duty is the essence of manhood.
• Battle... brings out all that is best.
• The god of war hates those who hesitate.
• 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…
• America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
• 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…
• The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.
• So as through a glass, and darkly - The age long strife I see - Where I fought in many guises, - Many names, but…
• In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing.
• There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and…
• There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or…
• My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
• When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound…
• 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…
• Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
• It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.
• Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane…

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