To: Kathy in Alaska
Best Patton quote, ever, IMHO: ( paraphrasing from memory here)
"I don't want any soldier who wants to die for his country. I want soldiers who who want to make the OTHER sons of bitches dies for their country."
4 posted on
07/15/2012 5:07:24 PM PDT by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three are a Congress".....John Adams)
To: ken5050
"No poor dumb son of a bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He did it by making the other poor dumb son of a bitch die for his."
7 posted on
07/15/2012 5:09:22 PM PDT by
Publius
(Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)
To: ken5050
And snagging the silver....ken5050!!
12 posted on
07/15/2012 5:17:48 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: ken5050
Good evening, ken....thanks for your quote.
27 posted on
07/15/2012 6:26:12 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: ken5050
A great one, indeed! One of my faves:
We should not mourn these men, rather we should thank God that such men existed. Paraphrasing as well.
51 posted on
07/15/2012 9:23:41 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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