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George S. Patton
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„Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.“
„It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed.“
„Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don’t want yellow cowards in this Army. They should be killed off like rats. If not, they will go home after this war and breed more cowards. The brave men will breed more brave men. Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men.“
„All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters, either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don’t ever let up. Don’t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.“
„I finished the Koran – a good book and interesting.“
„The noise against me is only the means by which the Jews and Communists are attempting and with good success to implement a further dismemberment of Germany. I think that if I resigned as I threatened to do yesterday, it would simply discredit me to no purpose… This august lady [Fifteenth Army]… has the job of reviewing the strategy and tactics of the war to see how the former conformed to the unit plans and how the tactics changed. Were it not for the fact that it will be, so far as I am concerned, a kick up stairs, I would like it much better than being a sort of executioner to the best race in Europe.Later when people wake up to what is going on here, I can admit why I took the job.Am I weak and a coward? Am I putting my posthumous reputation above my present honor? God how I wish I knew…P. S. No one gives a damn how well Bavaria is run. All they are interested in now is how well it is ruined.“
„The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian have no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.“
„Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.“
„Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!“
„All military governments are going to be targets from now on for every sort of Jewish and Communistic attack from the press.My self esteem would be better had I simply asked for immediate retirement but then any thing I said in the future could be attributed to revenge…At the moment I feel pretty mad.“
„Give me an army of West Point graduates, I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win a war!“
„Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you; But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aims fulfilled, They will all say, We did this ourselves.“
„Fatigue makes cowards of all of us.“
„Few men are killed by bayonets, but many are scared by them. Having the bayonet fixed makes our men want to close. Only the threat to close will defeat a determined enemy.“
„I want you to remember that 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.“
„I’d rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind.“
„I don’t know what you think you’re trying to do, but the krauts ought to pin a medal on you for helping them mess up discipline for us.“
„Some goddamn fool once said that flanks have got to be secure. Since then sonofabitches all over the globe have been guarding their flanks. I don’t agree with that. My flanks are something for the enemy to worry about, not me. Before he finds out where my flanks are, I’ll be cutting the bastard’s throat.“
„A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.“
„We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.“
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