Category: army general
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I am not one of these guys who is just going to waste American lives by throwing people needlessly in frontal attacks up against the enemy if I can avoid doing that.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
George S. Patton
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This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I’ve met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton
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Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual.
Robert Baden-Powell
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My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
Douglas MacArthur
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A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
George S. Patton
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No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
Julius Caesar
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. Patton