The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. (addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord, June 5, 1944) Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.” The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.ĭo your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
If you can’t get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country? May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.Ĭourage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.”Īccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. “All men are timid on entering any fight. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts” “Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. – General George Patton Quotes, from “War as I knew it” 1947 To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. “Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.” “If a man does his best, what else is there?” “War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula” In an address to officers and men of the Second Armored Division. Have you ever seen a few policemen handle a crowd?” Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. “You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in small things. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.” “It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly with.” “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. This individuality stuff is a bunch of bullshit.” It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. (from “A Genius for War” by Carlo d’Este)Ĭlick here for the Patton Speech (Thanks to Mr. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
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