General george s. patton jr. quotes

General George Smith Patton, Jr. (11 November1885 – 21 December1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army, who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S.

Third Army in France and Germany following the Alliedinvasion of Normandy in June 1944. He was known in his time as "America's Fightingest General".

See also:

Patton (1970 film)

Quotes

1917

• I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar — perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road...

  I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.

  • Indicating some of his speculations about reincarnation, in a letter to his mother from Chamlieu, France during World War I (20 November 1917)

Through A Glass, Darkly (191