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Quotes from General George S. Patton

United States Army

General George S. Patton: Humor

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

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General George S. Patton: Proverb

Taking calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

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General George S. Patton: Military

Despite the years of thought and oceans of ink which have been devoted to the elucidation of war its secrets still remain shrouded in mystery. Indeed it is due largely to the very volume of available information that the veil is so thick.

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General George S. Patton: Military

War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formulae. Yet from the earliest time there has been an unending effort to subject its complex and emotional structure to dissection, to enunciate rules for its waging, to make tangible its intangibility.

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General George S. Patton: Leadership

When a decision has to be made, make it. There is no totally right time for anything.

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