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George S. Patton (1885-1945)

George S. Patton (1885-1945)


George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by George Patton


Courage


¶ Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.


War


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


¶ The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.


¶ Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.


¶ Better to fight for something than live for nothing.



Images


Wikimedia Commons


Patton in 1945


General Patton U.S. commemorative stamp, issued in 1953



[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton