Patton Quotes
Patton : We're going to have to fight the Russians eventually anyway. It might as well be now while we've already got the army here to do it.
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Patton : [ to his dog, named after William the Conqueror, after it is panicked by a much smaller dog ] Your name isn't William, it's Willy!
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Patton : [ as he watches Moroccan soldiers taking part in a parade ] Magnificent! I wish our troops looked that good!
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Gen. Sir Harold Alexander : You know, George, you'd have made a great Marshal for Napoleon, if you'd lived in the 18th Century.
Patton : Oh, but I did, Sir Alex, I did.
Patton : Oh, but I did, Sir Alex, I did.
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Soldier : What silly son of a bitch is in charge of this operation?
General Omar N. Bradley : I don't know, but they oughta hang him.
General Omar N. Bradley : I don't know, but they oughta hang him.
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Lt. Col. Charles R. Codman : [ Codman is handed a letter while riding through the newly liberated Palermo ] This is from from General Alexander, sir, reminding you that you are not to take Palermo.
Patton : Send him a message, Cod. Ask him if he wants me to give it back.
Patton : Send him a message, Cod. Ask him if he wants me to give it back.
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Sgt. William Meeks : [ to Patton, after the slapping incident got him relieved of command of the Seventh Army ] One little dogface... one measly slap... that's what done it.
Patton : [ ruefully ] Ah, George... I wish I'd *kissed* the son-of-a bitch.
Patton : [ ruefully ] Ah, George... I wish I'd *kissed* the son-of-a bitch.
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Patton : This is where it pays off, the training and the discipline. No other outfit in the world could pull out of a winter battle, move a hundred miles, go into a major attack with no rest, no sleep, no hot food. God... God, I'm proud of these men!
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German officer : [ on the Battle of Kasserine Pass ] The Americans were under the command of British General Anderson. [ smiles broadly ]
German officer : American soldiers and British generals - the worst of both worlds!
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel : [ curtly ] May I remind you that *Montgomery* is British?
German officer : American soldiers and British generals - the worst of both worlds!
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel : [ curtly ] May I remind you that *Montgomery* is British?
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Correspondent : General, we're told of wonder weapons the Germans were working on: Long-range rockets, push-button bombing weapons that don't need soldiers. What's your take on that?
Patton : Wonder weapons? My God, I don't see the wonder in them. Killing without heroics. Nothing is glorified, nothing is reaffirmed. No heroes, no cowards, no troops. No generals. Only those that are left alive and those that are left... dead.
Patton : Wonder weapons? My God, I don't see the wonder in them. Killing without heroics. Nothing is glorified, nothing is reaffirmed. No heroes, no cowards, no troops. No generals. Only those that are left alive and those that are left... dead.
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