Shrine to General Patton
George Smith Patton
American General
1885–1945
Ya know, many troubled people like to honor weak-minded monsters
such as Hitler. Hitler was a pussy-
rather than fight against the Russians when they invaded
Patton's life:
this gives a nice detailed bio.
Quotes of Patton
"Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent
organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over
prisoners of war, because troops heated with battle are not safe custodians.
Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly
with."
- General George S. Patton. ("War as I knew it" 1947)
“It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear
the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail
to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper
conduct are incapable of leading.”
- General George S. Patton Jr., April 1943
“You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in
small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and
valor of other men. Have you ever seen a few policemen handle a crowd?”
- General George S. Patton Jr,
May 1941,
in an address to officers and men of the Second Armored Division.
"War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation
by fixed formula"
- General George Patton Jr
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
- General George Patton Jr
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking."
- General George Patton Jr
"Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must
shoot in order to move…. To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and
not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example"
- General George Patton Jr "War as I knew
it" 1947
"Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it.
Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts"
- General George Patton Jr, "War as I knew
it" 1947
"All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the
first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their
timidity get the better of their manhood."
- General George Patton Jr, "War as I knew
it" 1947
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of
victory.
- General George Patton Jr
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
- General George Patton Jr
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
- General George Patton Jr
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
- General George Patton Jr
Pressure makes diamonds.
- General George Patton Jr
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
- General George Patton Jr
If you can't get them to salute when they
should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to
get them to die for their country?
- General George Patton Jr
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they
will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- General George Patton Jr
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover
what they lack.
- General George Patton Jr
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
- General George Patton Jr
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won
by men.
- General George Patton Jr
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told,
and I win where I fight.
- General George Patton Jr
"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."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
(addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord,
"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. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go
home. The shortest way home is through
- General George S. Patton, Jr
(addressing his troops before Operation Overlord,
"Make your plans to fit the circumstances."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most
absent characteristic in men."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Take calculated risks."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to
the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less
prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who
have remained great is loyalty to their
subordinates."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"You're never beaten until you admit it."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"It is only by doing things others have not that one can
advance."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"All glory is fleeting."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"A leader is a man who can adapt principles to
circumstances."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational
competence."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Perpetual peace is a futile dream."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we
should thank God that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"The test of success is not what you do when you’re on top.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and
they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
- General George S. Patton, Jr
"Audacity,
audacity, always audacity."
(English translation of the French Proverb)
- General George Patton Jr's Favorite Saying
"Magnificent! Compared to war all other
forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.
Gold help me, I do love it so!"
- General George Patton Jr
"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan
executed at some indefinite point in the future."
- General George Patton Jr
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."
- General George Patton Jr
"Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of
gas is expended...then go forward on foot!"
- General George Patton Jr
"It is the unconquerable nature of man and not the nature of
the weapon he uses that ensures victory."
- General George Patton Jr
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of
man."
- General George Patton Jr
"If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing.
You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what
to do... the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
-General George S. Patton
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, about reconnaissance troops
"You must do your damndest and
win."
-General George S. Patton