George Patton: Na czasie cytaty
Aktualne cytaty George Patton · Przeczytaj najnowsze cytaty„Niech Bóg zlituje się nad mymi wrogami, będzie im to potrzebne.”
May God have mercy upon my enemies; they will need it.
Źródło: G.S. Patton, Paul Donal Harkins, War as I knew it http://books.google.pl/books?id=2A4BPpDQTfcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995, s. XIV.
„Pamiętajcie, że wróg boi się tak samo jak wy – jeśli nie bardziej. To żadni nadludzie.”
Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen. (ang.)
Źródło: The Patton speech [w:] Tim Ripley, Patton Unleashed: Pattons Third Army and the Breakout from Normandy http://books.google.pl/books?id=eXp-tRBGSRoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0, Zenith Imprint, 2003, s. 12.
„Stałe fortyfikacje są pomnikiem ludzkiej głupoty.”
Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. (ang.)
Źródło: William Weir, 50 Military Leaders Who Changed the World http://books.google.pl/books?id=b-aEtt4DnDAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Career Press, 2006, s. 173.
Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he’s not, he’s a liar. Some men are cowards, but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some, it takes an hour. For some, it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood. Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best and it removes all that is base. (ang.)
Źródło: The Patton speech [w:] Tim Ripley, Patton Unleashed: Pattons Third Army and the Breakout from Normandy http://books.google.pl/books?id=eXp-tRBGSRoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0, Zenith Imprint, 2003, s. 12.
The difficulty in understanding the Russians is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian have no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.
Źródło: Stanley P. Hirshson, General Patton: A Soldier’s Life, HarperCollins, 2003, s. 650.
„Nigdy nie mów ludziom, jak coś zrobić. Powiedz im, co zrobić, a oni zaskoczą cię pomysłowością.”
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. (ang.)
Źródło: G.S. Patton, P.D. Harkins War as I knew it http://books.google.pl/books?id=2A4BPpDQTfcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995, s. 357.
„Dobry plan wykonany natychmiast jest lepszy niż idealny plan wykonany dziesięć minut później.”
A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later. (ang.)
Źródło: Charles M. Province, The unknown Patton http://books.google.pl/books?id=yXshAAAAMAAJ&q=A+good+solution+applied+with+vigor+now+is+better+than+a+perfect+solution+applied+ten+minutes+later&dq=A+good+solution+applied+with+vigor+now+is+better+than+a+perfect+solution+applied+ten+minutes+later&hl=pl&ei=1i2WTLzbFsnJswae84xb&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwATgK, Hippocrene Books, 1983, s. 165.
There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily. All because one man went to sleep on the job. But they are German graves, because we caught the bastard asleep before they did.
Źródło: Charles M. Province, The unknown Patton http://books.google.pl/books?id=yXshAAAAMAAJ&q=There+are+four+hundred+neatly+marked+graves+somewhere+in+Sicily.+All+because+one+man+went+to+sleep+on+the+job.+But+they+are+German+graves,+because+we+caught+the+bastard+asleep+before+they+did.&dq=There+are+four+hundred+neatly+marked+graves+somewhere+in+Sicily.+All+because+one+man+went+to+sleep+on+the+job.+But+they+are+German+graves,+because+we+caught+the+bastard+asleep+before+they+did.&hl=pl&ei=k5yZTIXPJYKWswbbtM2RDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCQ, Hippocrene Books, 1983, s. 33.
Już od trzech godzin nie mam od niego meldunku”.