• 03:39 PM ET  06.27
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Patton:

 

Now, I want you to remember that no **** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb **** die for his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball player, the toughest boxer. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.

Now, an Army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. The bilious **** who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post don't know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating.

We have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, by God I actually pity those poor **** we're going up against. By God, I do. We're not just going to shoot the ****, we're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun **** by the bushel.

Now, some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out under fire. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that you will all do your duty. The **** are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do.

Now there's another thing I want you to remember. I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the ****. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose.

There's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home. And you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what did you do in the great World War II, you won't have to say, "Well, I shoveled **** in Louisiana."

Alright now, you sons-of-****, you know how I feel. Oh, and I will be proud to lead you wonderful guys into battle - anytime, anywhere.

That's all.

June 27, 2008  03:44 PM ET

General Ghost, I'm reporting for duty!!!

June 27, 2008  03:54 PM ET

I'm reporting for duty with Tracy!!!!

June 27, 2008  03:55 PM ET

Woo!!

June 27, 2008  03:56 PM ET

George S. Patton. Nice!

One of my favorites in history and the movie Patton is somewhere in my top 20.

June 27, 2008  04:11 PM ET

General Patton = Greatness
General Ghost > General Patton

June 27, 2008  04:16 PM ET

You got the idea, yes..

June 27, 2008  04:17 PM ET

I don't get it.


I get it.


But I don't understand your motivation, this time at least.

June 27, 2008  04:20 PM ET

Big earthquake for FN.

June 27, 2008  04:22 PM ET

But I don't understand your motivation, this time at least.

thehemogoblin: Cthulhu in 2008 | 06/27/08, 04:17

Because..it's time.

June 27, 2008  04:45 PM ET

Nice,why you put it I don't now,but it lights a fire under the **** doesn't it.

June 27, 2008  05:08 PM ET

Let's tackle this ****!

June 27, 2008  06:11 PM ET

Reporting for duty. I'm with dude.

June 27, 2008  08:53 PM ET

We didn't "lose" in Vietnam.

June 27, 2008  10:31 PM ET

We sure as hell didn't WIN in Vietnam, either...

June 28, 2008  01:00 AM ET

One of the greatest scenes in cinema history. Loved the big-arse flag behind him, too.

June 28, 2008  08:49 AM ET

General Ghost......scary thought.

 
June 28, 2008  01:42 PM ET

Patton was a great one. He sure knew how to fire someone up.

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