FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes From Gen George Patton ~ 19 August 2024

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Famous quotes of
Gen. George S. Patton

           

 

"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

"America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.

Do everything you ask of those you command.

Do more than is required of you.

Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.

Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.

 

 

"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tire, more hungry. Keep punching."

"In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish above all else remember that we as attackers have the initiative, we know exactly what we are going to do, while the enemy is ignorant of our intentions and can only parry our blows. We must retain this tremendous advantage by always attacking rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, and without rest."

"An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is a lot of crap."

 

 

THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

Through the travail of the ages,
Midst the pomp and toil of war,
Have I fought and strove and perished
Countless times upon this star.

In the form of many people
In all panoplies of time
Have I seen the luring vision
Of the Victory Maid, sublime.

I have battled for fresh mammoth,
I have warred for pastures new,
I have listed to the whispers
When the race trek instinct grew.

I have known the call to battle
In each changeless changing shape
From the high souled voice of conscience
To the beastly lust for rape.

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.

Perhaps I stabbed our Savior
In His sacred helpless side.
Yet, I've called His name in blessing
When after times I died.

In the dimness of the shadows
Where we hairy heathens warred,
I can taste in thought the lifeblood;
We used teeth before the sword.

While in later clearer vision
I can sense the coppery sweat,
Feel the pikes grow wet and slippery
When our Phalanx, Cyrus met.

Hear the rattle of the harness
Where the Persian darts bounced clear,
See their chariots wheel in panic
From the Hoplite's leveled spear.

See the goal grow monthly longer,
Reaching for the walls of Tyre.
Hear the crash of tons of granite,
Smell the quenchless eastern fire.

Still more clearly as a Roman,
Can I see the Legion close,
As our third rank moved in forward
And the short sword found our foes.

Once again I feel the anguish
Of that blistering treeless plain
When the Parthian showered death bolts,
And our discipline was in vain.

I remember all the suffering
Of those arrows in my neck.
Yet, I stabbed a grinning savage
As I died upon my back.

Once again I smell the heat sparks
When my Flemish plate gave way
And the lance ripped through my entrails
As on Crecy's field I lay.

In the windless, blinding stillness
Of the glittering tropic sea
I can see the bubbles rising
Where we set the captives free.

Midst the spume of half a tempest
I have heard the bulwarks go
When the crashing, point blank round shot
Sent destruction to our foe.

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.

And still later as a General
Have I galloped with Murat
When we laughed at death and numbers
Trusting in the Emperor's Star.

Till at last our star faded,
And we shouted to our doom
Where the sunken road of Ohein
Closed us in it's quivering gloom.

So but now with Tanks a'clatter
Have I waddled on the foe
Belching death at twenty paces,
By the star shell's ghastly glow.

So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

And I see not in my blindness
What the objects were I wrought,
But as God rules o'er our bickerings
It was through His will I fought.

So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.

 

All info gathered here.

 

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and honoring the great General Patton!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...hope you enjoy. He sure had a lot of “memorable” things to say.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Delta 21]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...all your ducks in a row for a new week?

Tippy enjoying her hiking adventures?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Delta21. A good one.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy!

Wow, that Patton was brilliant.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch....he sure had a lot to say, and made sense. Glad you enjoyed.

[Delta 21]

Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.

[Leaning Right]

I’m paraphrasing here:

1944:

Patton: Give me all the supplies I need, and I’ll destroy the German army in France.
Eisenhower: No. Some supplies must be allocated to British General Montgomery for political reasons.

Patton was right. Ike was wrong.

(And so the war in Europe lasted longer than it need have.)

1945:

Patton: Give me the go-ahead, and I’ll take Berlin and maybe beyond.
Eisenhower: No. You must stop at the Elbe River for political reasons.

Ike was right. Patton was wrong.

(The Red Army of 1945 was quite formidable. Patton probably would have won, but it would have been a bloodbath. The American people never would have stood for it.)

[left that other site]

Yes...we did three miles this morning.

It’s still humid, but not quite as hot.

[Arlis]

One of my Patton favorites:

“Any fool can follow rules. It takes wisdom to know when to break them.”

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[wjcsux]

Thanks for sharing some of General George S. Patton’s timeless quotes Kathy! Such a remarkable leader. I have read many books about him. Bill O’Reilly’s book “Killing Patton” is a must read for sure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Leaning Right...he always had something to say.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Thanks, Arlis.

[Leaning Right]

> he always had something to say <

Yes, Patton was a brilliant, complex man. He is worthy of study at every military academy in the world. Same goes for Eisenhower, by the way. Ike had a rather unique job. During the war he had to be a master general and a master politician, both at the same time.

Odd that Patton died in an “accident” shortly after the war in Europe ended. Or maybe it wasn’t so odd.