I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.

"George Patton’s last words to us before we left Africa came home with meaning: 'No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.'" [address by Patton before leaving Africa in 1943, cited in “War and Peace in the Space Age” by Lt. General James M. Gavin, 1958] | No man ever won a war by dying for his country. Wars were won by making the other poor bastard die for his. | You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his. | War is not meant to be you dying for your country-it is by making the other bastard die for his.