George S. Patton1885–1945The quotations of
George S. Patton
United States Army general
1885–1945
28 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Leadership and Fear.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in Patton: Ordeal and Triumph (1970) by Ladislas Farago- Cavalry Journal (September 1933)
- War As I Knew It
It is the unconquerable nature of man and not the nature of the weapon he uses that ensures victory.
I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula.
