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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) żona Franklina Delano, działaczka na rzecz praw człowieka, dyplomata
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. (ang.)
Źródło: przedmowa do The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1961
Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969) prezydent USA
w pożegnalnym przemówieniu w 1961.
Źródło: Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (2012), tłum. Anna Rajca, Mirosław Filipowicz, odcinek 5
Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969) prezydent USA
Źródło: Nigel Cawthorne, Dowódcy i generałowie. Prawdziwe historie, Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal, Warszawa, 2014, s. 178.
„Nigdy nie trać nawet chwili na myślenie o kimś, kogo nie lubisz.”
Dwight Eisenhower (1890–1969) prezydent USA
„Pamiętajcie, że wróg boi się tak samo jak wy – jeśli nie bardziej. To żadni nadludzie.”
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are, and probably more so. They are not supermen. (ang.) <br class="br">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.”
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. (ang.) <br class="br">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.
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
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.) <br class="br">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.
„Ludzie walczą między sobą, ponieważ każdy człowiek walczy ze sobą samym.”
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
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.”
George Patton (1885–1945) amerykański generał
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. (ang.) <br class="br">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.
Źródło: Eryk Kozieł, Strach ma „chińskie oczy”, wiadomosci24.pl, 24 listopada 2011 http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/strach_ma_chinskie_oczy_218491.html