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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes From Gen George Patton ~ 19 August 2024
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Posted on 08/18/2024 5:05:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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~ Hall of Heroes ~ Famous quotes of Gen. George S. Patton | ![Coast Guard Seal small (better)](http://images5.fotki.com/v81/photos/1/106521/1091486/coastguard-th.jpg) | ![](http://patriotden.com/fotki/star/patton-painting.gif)
| "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. |
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and honoring the great General Patton!
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:07:23 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: PROCON
Good evening, Pro...hope you enjoy. He sure had a lot of “memorable” things to say.
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:15:58 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:16:14 PM PDT
by
left that other site
("Providence" ain't just a city in Rhode Island.)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 300winmag; 357 SIG; ...
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:19:21 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:28:10 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:50:00 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...all your ducks in a row for a new week?
Tippy enjoying her hiking adventures?
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:50:55 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Delta 21
Thanks, Delta21. A good one.
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:51:46 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Evening, Kathy!
Wow, that Patton was brilliant.
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posted on
08/18/2024 5:54:01 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: MoochPooch
Good evening, Mooch....he sure had a lot to say, and made sense. Glad you enjoyed.
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:06:31 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: PROCON
Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:15:01 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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.)
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:16:32 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Yes...we did three miles this morning.
It’s still humid, but not quite as hot.
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:16:58 PM PDT
by
left that other site
("Providence" ain't just a city in Rhode Island.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
One of my Patton favorites:
“Any fool can follow rules. It takes wisdom to know when to break them.”
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:22:04 PM PDT
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Arlis
To: Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; laurenmarlowe; MS.BEHAVIN; ..
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To all our military men and women, past and present,
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:33:31 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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.
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posted on
08/18/2024 6:43:06 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
To: Leaning Right
Thanks, Leaning Right...he always had something to say.
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posted on
08/18/2024 7:11:05 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Arlis
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posted on
08/18/2024 7:12:18 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
> 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.
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posted on
08/18/2024 7:17:21 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
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