Favorite Military Leaders Quotes?

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langston302

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Patton was a king at hard nosed quotes....GCS made alot of them immortal through the movie.

Here are some of my favorite from GSP.

“I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.”

“Live for something rather than die for nothing.”

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."


That man has inspired me and given me a basis for which I look at things. I have seen his museum many times and would spend all day there when I was at Knox.

What about you guys....? any favorite generals and quotes?
 

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"I did not mean to be killed today." --- Vicomte de Turenne, dying from a mortal wound at the Battle of Salzbach, 1675.
 

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When an Army captain asked him for the direction of the line of retreat,
Col Puller called his Tank Commander, gave them the Army position, and ordered:
"If they start to pull back from that line, even one foot, I want you to open fire on them."
Turning to the captain, he replied "Does that answer your question?
We're here to fight." At Koto-ri in Korea
- Chesty Puller at Koto-ri in Korea


"Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines". "
Major General Chesty Puller, USMC - while on a Battalion inspection


"They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an
enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
When the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had written
the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22
enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty
ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the
process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men.
 

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The question 755 debacle makes me think of:
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals." -- George Washington

Georgey's got another good one, too: "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."
 

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The question 755 debacle makes me think of:
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals." -- George Washington

Georgey's got another good one, too: "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."

Nice one!
 

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I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f@ck with me, I’ll kill you all.
- Gen Mattis
 

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