George S. Patton on War
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“Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win.”
“Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base.”
“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains that victory.”
“For in war just as in loving you must keep on shoving Or you'll never get your reward. For if you are dilatory in the search for lust or glory You are up shitcreek and that's the truth, Oh, Lord.So let us do real fighting, boring in and gouging, biting. Let's take a chance now that we have the ball. Let's forget those fine firm bases in the dreary shell raked spaces, Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all.”