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Battle Quotes by George S. Patton
- A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
- Battle... brings out all that is best.
- 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…
- Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray…
- 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.
- Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
- No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
- Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.
- To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who…
- 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…
- I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers…
- Most battles are won before they are ever fought.
- There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
- In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised
- 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…
- It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers…
- 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…
- 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…
- Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
- Battle is an orgy of disorder.
- Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
- Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never…
- 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…
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