"The greatest gift a general can have is a bad temper. A bad temper gives you a sort of devine wrath and it is only by the use of a devine wrath that you can drive men beyond their physical ability in order to save their lives."

"Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction. Anything done vigorously is better than nothing done tardily."

"A tank which stops to fire, gets hit."

GSPatton,

If you wantmore on the GSP and his philosophy, I heartily recommend the book "Patton's Principals". Sorry, but I cannot remember the name of the author. It is written by the first G-4 of the 1st Armored Corps at Ft. Benning, GA. He relates the "real" behind the pubilcity Patton.

Jeff