George S. Patton Quotes

Soldier or sailor, the fighting man is but a fiend; and the staff and body-guard of the Devil musters many a baton.

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

An army is a nation; it is one of the vices of our age.

Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people—and kill them.

Nobody wants to go to war, but the burden of service cannot fall only on volunteers who, are attracted to the military for financial reasons.

The military is a group of people that come together from different perspectives and backgrounds and places and get a job done because they have a mission.

We respect and honor very deeply those people who decide to serve their country in the military. But we certainly don't denigrate people who choose a different course, particularly when we have an all-volunteer army.

It is war now, and armies need symbols.

You have to be a soldier and a veteran, or a soldier who sacrificed your life for your country.

To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself.

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.

I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster - close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.

Our national aims can be realized only by military means. The matter needs no further elaboration or interpretation.

Only 350,000 Serve in the Military, While the Internal Security Police Recently Hit the One-Million Mark

The mission of our military is to fight and win wars.

Killing, and nothing else, is what the army is for, and the only thing it can properly build is killers and killees.

We couldn't go to war without them, and we couldn't win without them.

Infantry, Artillery, Aviation--all that we have--are yours to dispose of as you will.... I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.