A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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America's most aggressive World War II general, whose Third Army's lightning advance across France in 1944 demonstrated that speed and audacity in exploitation could collapse enemy resistance faster than methodical advance (1885-1945). Patton believed he
America's most aggressive World War II general, whose Third Army's lightning advance across France in 1944 demonstrated that speed and audacity in exploitation could collapse enemy resistance faster than methodical advance (1885-1945). Patton believed he was born to lead men in battle — and proved it in North Africa, Sicily, and the European campaign.
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