"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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"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.“
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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."
-George S. Patton
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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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"I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government."
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