“Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles”
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Famous George S. Patton Quotes
“You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.”
“Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.”
“War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.”
“Remember wars are won by killing people. The more we kill, the quicker we'll get out of this war.”
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”
“I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”
“War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula”
“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”
“No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.”