George Patton citáty
George Patton
Datum narození: 11. listopad 1885
Datum úmrtí: 21. prosinec 1945
Další jména:Georg S. Patton,Джордж Смит Паттон
George Smith Patton ml. byl vojevůdce a generál armády Spojených států amerických. Jeho 3. americká armáda, které za druhé světové války velel, osvobodila mj. západ a jihozápad Čech, včetně města Plzně, Rokycan a Chebu.
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„There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying.“
— George S. Patton
Context: There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or thinking. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry it out: that's working. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin in everything, That's where prayer comes in.
As quoted in "The True Story of The Patton Prayer" by James H. O'Neill in Review of the News (6 October 1971) http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html
„Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.“
— George S. Patton
Context: From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a good Goddamn about such complaints. I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. The harder we push, the more Germans we will kill. The more Germans we kill, the fewer of our men will be killed. Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.
„So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.“
— George S. Patton
Context: So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me. And I see not in my blindness
What the objects were I wrought,
But as God rules o'er our bickerings
It was through His will I fought. So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.
