"While I was never over-romanced by the West Point graduate, at the same time, I always felt, by God, a West Pointer ought to be damn good."
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George S. Patton IV, USMA Class of 1946, as quoted by Brian M. Sobel in The Fighting Pattons (1997), hardcover, p. 22
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