George S. Patton Quotes
For years, before coming here, I had read of the quiet dignity of the Arab. He is quiet, but is the lity, in my opinion, is pure dumbness. His aquiline face, which in the pure bred ones is quite impressive, is really the face of a dumb man.
Patton was leading troops in north Africa in world war two. They came into much contact with the Arabs and Patton thought that his officers should know more about them. He wrote this memo.
George S. Patton, 1885-1945, U.S. Army General, “Notes on the Arab”, Memorandum, January, 1943
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He was a Senator from Pennsylvania when he made this remark.
- Born: November 11, 1885
- Died: December 21, 1945
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Soldier
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
