Patton’s Words no Longer Ring True :: Big Dogs Weblog

In the movie Patton, George C Scott delivers Patton’s speech to the Third Army. The colorful speech was toned down so as to allow a PG rating for the movie and not to offend the sensitivities of some Americans. The speech is awe inspiring and is a battle rally cry for the troops but in it, Patton (through Scott) makes a statement that he believed to be true, and at the time it was. The portion from the speech is:

When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. Now, I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.

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