Джордж Паттон знаменитые цитаты
острые чувства, вылитые в письмо к жене, Беатрис Айер Паттон
Хиршсон, Стенли П. «Генерал Паттон. Жизнь солдата». — М., 2004, изд. «Изографус», изд. «ЭКСМО»; стр. 724. Цитата по: Patton to Beatrice Ayer Patton, APO 403 New York, August 8, 1945, Patton Papers.
О русских
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
„Только прикажите, и я выброшу русских за Вислу…“
Хиршсон, Стенли П. «Генерал Паттон. Жизнь солдата». — М., 2004, изд. «Изографус», изд. «ЭКСМО»; стр. 724. Цитата по: Memorandum of Stimson of Potsdam conference, p.55, July 26, 1945, Reel 128, Stimson papers; Reminescenses of Harvey H.Bundy, p.288, 1961, Oral History Research Office, Columbia iniversity Library, New-York City.
О русских
„Существует только один вид дисциплины — абсолютная дисциплина.“
There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
Джордж Паттон Цитаты о мужчинах
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
„Следите, в чём люди наиболее циничны, и часто можно понять, чего им не хватает.“
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Джордж Паттон цитаты
из выступления перед Третьей армией США, весной 1944 г.
I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
„Хороший план сегодня лучше безупречного плана завтра.“
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.
„Лучше сражаться за что-то, чем жить ради ничего.“
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
Роджер Най
Хиршсон, Стенли П. «Генерал Паттон. Жизнь солдата». — М., 2004, изд. «Изографус», изд. «ЭКСМО»; стр. 778. Цитата по: Roger H. Nye, «Dinin-In Comments, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth» p.5, May 4, 1991, Box 1, Roger H.Nye papers, Special Collections, United States Military Academy Library, West Point.
„Всегда делай всё то, чего требуешь от своих подчинённых.“
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
Вариант: Всегда делай всё то, чего требуешь от своих подчинённых.
Вариант: Мы, армейские офицеры, — не только представители древнейшей из почётных профессий, но и наследники полубогов и героев древности.
„Американцы любят драться. Все настоящие американцы любят едкий запах сражения.“
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
„Рискуйте расчётливо. Такой риск в корне отличается от опрометчивых шагов.“
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Вариант: Рискуйте расчётливо. Такой риск в корне отличается от опрометчивых шагов.
If what we are doing to the Germans is liberty, then give me death. I can't see how Americans can sink so low. It is Semitic, and I am sure of it. We have destroyed what could have been a good race, and are about to replace them with savages. Actually, the Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. There is a very apparent Semitic influence within the press. It appears that this order is to punish the German race and not individual Germans. I have been just as furious as you at the compilation of lies which the communists and Semitic elements of our government have leveled against me and practically every other commander.
Джордж Паттон: Цитаты на английском языке
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in Patton : Ordeal and Triumph (1970) by Ladislas Farago
War As I Knew It (1947) "Reflections and Suggestions"
“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.”
Quoted in 50 Military Leaders Who Changed the World (2007) by William Weir, p. 173
Unsourced variant: Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. Anything built by man, can be destroyed by him.
“Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”
As quoted in Textbook of Phacoemulsification (1988) by William F. Maloney and Lincoln Grindle, p. 79
“Fatigue makes cowards of all of us.”
War as I knew it (1947), as cited in Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations, By Hugh Rawson, Margaret Miner, p. 258 https://books.google.com/books?id=whg05Z4Nwo0C&pg=PA258(via books.google.com).
Mike Province, founder and president of The Patton Society http://www.pattonhq.com/ calls this an urban legend and in the Texas A&M Battalion (2 October 2006) http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/10/02/Aggielife/Traditionally.Speaking-2319058.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thebatt.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com is quoted as saying "I've gotten e-mails and questions regarding that quote for several years... People will use it with Texas Aggies, The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute and even Clemson. All of these schools want to be linked to Patton... Anything is possible... I honestly don't believe he said it, because I've heard too many people say that he said it about their school. But if anyone out there can find proof that he said it, I'd love to hear about it and get it out there." If any school has a claim, it is the Virginia Military Institute; Patton's grandfather, grand-uncles, and his father all were VMI graduates. Patton himself spent a year at VMI before going to West Point. VMI has many George Patton relics donated by his family in its museum. Please also note that the photo of Patton as a cadet has him wearing a VMI coatee and cap.
Misattributed
As quoted in After the Holocaust: Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Post War Germany (1997) by Michael Brenner
“Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!”
Spoken by George C. Scott in the film Patton, portraying his defeat of what he thought were forces under the command of Erwin Rommel; however, the book portrayed in that film is purely fictional — Rommel never finished the book he was writing on tank warfare, but did write a book on his experiences in WW I. It was widely read, regarded a classic of modern military tactics, and published in abbreviated form for study by US army officers.
Misattributed
“My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.”
On the gasoline supplies for his tanks, as quoted in The Struggle for Europe (1972) by Chester Wilmot, p. 473
Letter to Beatrice (29 September 1945), published in The Patton Papers (1996), edited by Martin Blumenson Vol. 2 , p. 786 https://books.google.com/books?id=XGP_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA786
“I finished the Koran – a good book and interesting.”
Diary, October 30, 1942, published in The Patton Papers 1940-1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=zaRKDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT79 (1996), p. 79.
Letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 1942), as quoted in Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life (2003) by Carlo D'Este, p. 301
As quoted in The Unknown Patton (1983) by Charles M. Province, p. 100
Speech at the Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in The Last Days of Patton (1981), p. 85, by Ladislas Farago and The Patton Papers: 1940-1945 (1974), p. 721, edited by Martin Blumenson.
“Always do everything you ask of those you command.”
As quoted in I Remember General Patton's Principles (1984) by Porter B. Williamson, p. 174
Through A Glass, Darkly (1918)
Quoted in How We Are Changed by War: A Study of Letters and Diaries from Colonial Conflicts to Operation Iraqi Freedom (2010) http://books.google.com/books?id=h-Fens34378C&pg=PA70 by D.C. Gill, p. 70
This is actually a translation of a statement by Lao Zi from the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing). Patton may have used a similar or identical expression, perhaps quoting the book.
Misattributed
notes on combat written by General Patton were published in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 30, July 29, 1943. http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt09/patton-notes-on-combat.html
Spoken by George C. Scott in the film Patton.
Variants:
No man ever won a war by dying for his country. Wars were won by making the other poor bastard die for his.
You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his.
War is not meant to be you dying for your country-it is by making the other bastard die for his.
Misattributed
Letter to Frederick Ayers (5 May 1943), published in The Patton Papers 1940-1945 (1996) edited by Martin Blumenson, p. 243
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
This is cited to Patton in Patton's Principles : A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It! (1982) by Porter B. Williamson as well as Leadership (1990) by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 47, but is also cited to Erwin Rommel from his Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks] (1937) in World War II : The Definitive Visual History (2009) by Richard Holmes, p. 128, and Timelines of History (2011) by DK Publishing, p. 392
Disputed
During a March 1945 meeting with Bill Mauldin, complaining about his "Willy and Joe" cartoons; as quoted in The Brass Ring (1971) by Bill Mauldin
“I'd rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind.”
Misattributed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger on Fox News. Patton commanded French troops, the 2nd Armored Division commanded by Philippe Leclerc, integrated in the Third Army, and had rocky but friendly relations with the French general. For instance, on August, 15 1944 Patton wrote in his diary: "Leclerc came in very much excited. He said, among other things, that if he were not allowed to advance on Paris, he would resign. I told him in my best French that he was a baby and said I had left him in the most dangerous place on the front. We parted friends"
Misattributed
Letter to Beatrice (29 September 1945), published in The Patton Papers (1996), edited by Martin Blumenson, Vol. 2 , p. 787
Though Patton commissioned this prayer and ordered 250,000 copies of it printed with his signature, it was actually composed by Chief Chaplain James H. O'Neill http://www.pattonhq.com/prayer.html Review of the News (6 October 1971)
Misattributed
