the wisdom of gen. george patton
http://www.pattonhq.com/speech.html
What a phenomenal leader General George Patton was! The above link will take you to the real, unsatitized story behind "The Speech" made famous by George C. Scott in the movie Patton. There is so much in the speech that is appropriate to world affairs today. You can link to the entire transcript, but how about some of these excerpts:
"Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all the time....the very idea of losing is hateful to an American."
"Sure we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they get whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
"From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a G__d__ 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."
Patton spoke the truth to his troops and to anyone else he happened to be speaking to. He instinctly knew that the truth would keep his troops alive and win the war. We need more leaders today like Gen. Patton.
What a phenomenal leader General George Patton was! The above link will take you to the real, unsatitized story behind "The Speech" made famous by George C. Scott in the movie Patton. There is so much in the speech that is appropriate to world affairs today. You can link to the entire transcript, but how about some of these excerpts:
"Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all the time....the very idea of losing is hateful to an American."
"Sure we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they get whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
"From time to time there will be some complaints that we are pushing our people too hard. I don't give a G__d__ 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."
Patton spoke the truth to his troops and to anyone else he happened to be speaking to. He instinctly knew that the truth would keep his troops alive and win the war. We need more leaders today like Gen. Patton.
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