Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans… — General George S. Patton · Skopia

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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.

General George S. Patton

Patton · 1969

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Winning and losing Winning American character War World War II

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Biography (film)War (film)Biography War

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General George S. Patton

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Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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