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Patton Quotes
Patton

Posted on 09/13/2001 4:40:13 AM PDT by WolfsView

General George S. Patton

• The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

• If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself

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

•Do more than is required of you.

•Do not fear failure.

•Do not take counsel of your fears.

•Give credit where it’s due.

•In case of doubt, attack.

•It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory.

•Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

•Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.

•Say what you mean and mean what you say.

•Take calculated risks.

•There is only one type of discipline, perfect discipline.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and the American way.

•There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.

•You're never beaten until you admit it.

•It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance.

•God deliver us from our friends, we can handle the enemy.

•As I walk through the valley of death I fear no one, for I am the meanest mother fucker in the valley!

•A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

•All glory is fleeting.

•A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

•Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.

•Perpetual peace is a futile dream.

•It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

•The test of success is not what you do when your on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

•If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.

•Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity


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We need a Patton right now.
1 posted on 09/13/2001 4:40:13 AM PDT by WolfsView
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To: johnhuang2,nopardons,stonecoldgop,sinkspur
Ping
2 posted on 09/13/2001 4:40:59 AM PDT by WolfsView
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To: WolfsView
Thanks for this.
3 posted on 09/13/2001 4:43:30 AM PDT by Joan_of_Argghh!
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We need a Patton right now.

We have his wisdom, thanks for posting it.

4 posted on 09/13/2001 4:44:14 AM PDT by LibKill
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To: WolfsView
I'm saving this one. Thanks.
5 posted on 09/13/2001 4:50:25 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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BUMP
6 posted on 09/13/2001 4:52:28 AM PDT by downwithsocialism
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To: WolfsView
What no "I feel your pain", I hope this stupid liberal phrase is stricken from our vocabulary forever. And you can throw in "for the children" as well.
7 posted on 09/13/2001 4:56:41 AM PDT by gumboyaya
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To: WolfsView
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8 posted on 09/13/2001 4:57:17 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: downwithsocialism
And some Churchill quotes:

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure."

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
9 posted on 09/13/2001 4:57:27 AM PDT by hypatia
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10 posted on 09/13/2001 5:04:44 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99
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To: WolfsView
Patton is not politically correct in today's world. Peter Jennings and Katie Couric would not like him.
11 posted on 09/13/2001 5:45:04 AM PDT by swampfox98
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"Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent."

D*mn straight! Can you say Bill Clinton traitor? We see his legacy.

12 posted on 09/13/2001 6:08:18 AM PDT by Kermit
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To: WolfsView
And a Halsey quote:

"When this is over the Japanese language will be spoken only in Hell!"

13 posted on 09/13/2001 6:23:34 AM PDT by Euro-American Scum
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To: WolfsView
F'n RIGHT ON!

FMCDH

14 posted on 09/13/2001 6:24:00 AM PDT by nothingnew
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To: WolfsView
FYI

The text of Patton's speeches was posted last year

There's also a short bio page with the speeches at the Fort Knox site

There was another Patton thread today, I tried searching after it dropped off the latest article page but had no luck.

16 posted on 09/13/2001 8:21:52 PM PDT by testforecho
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•As I walk through the valley of death I fear no one, for I am the meanest mother fucker in the valley!

This one is my favorite, and it's the attitude we need to take with us as we destroy those countries that harbor terrorists.

17 posted on 09/13/2001 9:49:00 PM PDT by WolfsView
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18 posted on 09/14/2001 12:02:12 AM PDT by WolfsView
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To: hypatia
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!
19 posted on 09/14/2001 12:58:58 AM PDT by WDG55513
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I've always loved that Chruchill quote too.

And although we've heard this many times, it bears repeating:

"… I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry

"These are the times that try men’s souls…"
Thomas Paine

20 posted on 09/14/2001 1:08:33 PM PDT by hypatia
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