General Patton

[Walt's Daughter]

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General George Smith Patton

 

Born: 1885

 

Campaigns: Operation Torch, 1942

Invasion of Sicily, 1943

Battle of the Bulge, 1944

 

Died: 1945

 

 

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

 

"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."

 

"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."

 

"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"

 

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

 

"An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of bullshit."

 

"Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!"

 

"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future."

 

"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 who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading."

 

"You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you ever seen a few policemen handle a crowd?"