"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
-George S. Patton
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"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."
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"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."
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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
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"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
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"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."
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