Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being…

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.

General George S. Patton

1944

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Patton, George Smith. Address to the troops. 5 June 1944, England, UK.

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