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 čtyřhvězdičkový generál armády Spojených států amerických. Jeho 3. americká armáda, které za druhé světové války velel, osvobodila mj. západ a jihozápad Čech, včetně měst Plzně, Přeštic, Rokycan, Strakonic, Domažlic a Chebu. Wikipedia
Citáty George Patton
„Bojovat za něco je lepší než žít pro nic.“
[(en) Better to fight for something than live for nothing.]
Zdroj: [Lockman, Brian, Cupper, Dan, World War Two in their own words, Stackpole Books, 2005, 978-0-81173-209-3, 14, anglicky]
„Je hloupé a špatné truchlit nad muži, kteří zemřeli. Spíše bychom měli poděkovat Bohu, že tito lidé žili.“
Originál: (en) It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
„Nikdy neříkej podřízeným přesně jak mají splnit úkol, ale vždy jim řekni, co mají udělat, a oni tě překvapí svou duchaplností.“
Zdroj: Ivan Brož - Generál MacArthur a ten druhý (X-Egem Praha, 2000, ISBN 80-7199-050-7)
„Raději bych měl německou divizi před sebou než francouzskou za zády.“
[(en) I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.]
Zdroj: [Harriss, Joseph, About France, iUniverse, 2005, 978-0-59534-695-0, 73, anglicky]
„So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.“
Through A Glass, Darkly (1918)
Kontext: 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.
„Pushing means fewer casualties. I want you all to remember that.“
Speech to the Third Army (1944)
Kontext: 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.
„Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.“
Speech to the Third Army (1944)
Kontext: Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight.
„There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.“
As quoted in Liberalism is a Mental Disorder : Savage Solutions (2005) by Michael Savage, Ch. 1 : More Patton, Less Patent Leather, p. 4
