"The shorter a battle, the fewer men will be killed and hence the greater their self-confidence and enthusiasm. To produce a short battle, tanks must advance rapidly but not hastily...Mobile forces should be used in large groups and be vigorously led. They must attempt the impossible and dare the unknown."

More to come.....

So, this your motto?

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Just an observation after doing some reading....which would you like me to define first? Observation or reading?

A. Patton was a man.
B. I posted that.
C. Therefore I must be a man also.
Deductive logic my fellow.

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Wow....I agree with Margaret Thatcher too......(this is where you start in with "you transvestite/dyke" jokes, right?)

And by the way, I WISH I was as much a MAN as Patton.....well, it's something to aspire too, anyway.

You ever read teddy Roosevelt bio, good book

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...................Nope.

"When I think of the greatness of my job and realize that I am what I am, I am amazed, but on reflection, who is as good as I am? I know of no one."....................Patton............:mr green:

And this is how you see yourself? Talk about an overblown ego!!!

Evil and the Love of Our I.
Human Indifference, Cruelty, Deserting and Uncaring

There are people who love evil. Satanic worship venerates wickedness. There are people who love cruelty, which is obviously a supreme form of evil. Listen to Genghis Khan:
"Happiness lies in conquering one’s enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savouring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters."
Gengis Khan in Witold Rodzinski The Walled Kingdom: a History of China

Evil is powerful. It’s part of the cruelty of life. That’s why the love of evil is so disseminated. But the love of evil doesn’t involve necessarily esoteric cults, or Genghis Kahn paranoia.
There are other much more common ways of doing evil through some forms of love: the love of money, for instance. Or the excessive love of our I, egoism - the love which makes us forget others, their problems, and our duties with them. As Kant said: «"The egoism is the profound source of evil»". And Pascal:


"The self is unjust in itself since it makes itself the centre of everything; it is inconvenient to others since it would enslave them; for each Self is the enemy, and would like to be the tyrant of all others."
B. Pascal, 1623-1662, French philosopher, Thoughts

Pascal’s words may look excessive, and we can refuse his terms. But more difficult to refuse are other words on human indifference (linked to our love of our I), and the evil it represents:


The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity
Bernard Shaw, 1856-1960, Irish writer, The Devil's Disciple


The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everyone.
Madre Teresa, 1910-1997, Missionary, in Observer 3/10/71


For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, English philosopher, Reflections on the Revolution in France


It’s easy not to hurt those who we should help.
Seneca, 4 b.C.-65 a. C., Roman philosopher and politician, Letters to Lucilius

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