There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.


As quoted in Liberalism is a Mental Disorder : Savage Solutions (2005) by Michael Savage, Ch. 1 : More Patton, Less Patent Leather, p. 4

George S. Patton Quotes

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death,...

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death,...

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death,...

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death,...