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A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.
Sep 30, 2025
A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
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.
Can there be allowed - are we allowed to have any more in the military, General, the element of surprise? You know, I would think it would be a good thing. It's called an ancient strength and we don't use it anymore.
We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.
The General Order is always: ......To manoeuver in a body and on the attack. ......To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline. ......To keep the troops constantly at the ready. ......To employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go. ......To use the bayonet on every possible occasion. And to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
Live for something rather than die for nothing. —George Patton
Live for something rather than die for nothing.
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.
It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
If a man does his best, what else is there?
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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