“I don't know how long this thing will last… We can still lose this war. That's a real clear statement. I wouldn't be a goddamned bit surprised but that we can still lose it. And then you can just write those casualties off and those ever-increasing names on those ever-increasing monuments… You can keep putting them on the monuments and giving out all this crap, all this posthumous DSCs and Purple Hearts… but there's no end to this thing.”

—  George S. Patton IV

Letter from Patton to his wife, written on November 10, 1968. As quoted in Growing Up Patton (2012) by Benjamin Patton, p. 295

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I don't know how long this thing will last… We can still lose this war. That's a real clear statement. I wouldn't be a …" by George S. Patton IV?
George S. Patton IV photo
George S. Patton IV15
U.S. Army general 1923–2004

Related quotes

Jodi Picoult photo

“You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.”

Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care

Source: Handle with Care

Don Henley photo

“We can do the innuendo,
We can dance and sing
And when it's said and done
We haven't told you a thing,
We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.”

Don Henley (1947) American singer, lyricist, producer and drummer

"Dirty Laundry"
Song lyrics, I Can't Stand Still, 1982

Julia Quinn photo

“Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Mitch Albom photo

“The little things, I can obey. The big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone—or any society—determine those for you.”

Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

Rudy Tomjanovich photo

“We had nonbelievers all along the way, and I have one thing to say to those nonbelievers: Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!”

Rudy Tomjanovich (1948) American basketball player and coach

(NBA.com) 1995 NBA Finals: Rockets Earn Respect With Finals Sweep http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19941995.html

Pearl S. Buck photo

“I believe with all my heart that jimcrow is wicked and I know that it is a rotten core in our society. I know that we cannot say that we are a full democracy so long as jimcrow exists anywhere in our country. I will fight against it and refuse to countenance it in all was that I can, as long as I live. And yet I know that were all jimcrow laws to be abolished tomorrow, the war for the lberation of mankind would still not be won here. There would still be those not free, not equal.”

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer

Source: What America Means to Me (1943), p. 183

Jeanette Winterson photo

“You said, 'I love you.' Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to hear?”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

Source: Written on the Body

“Mistakes and omissions are one thing to correct. We will not throw away the hard rice, as long as it is still edible. We can still turn it into fried rice. But ignorance is a different matter. Those who are ignorant and unwilling to learn can no longer be corrected.”

Titon Rahmawan

Related topics