Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

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George S. Patton was a 19th-century united states army general. George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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