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By George Patton
Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Men in condition do not tire.
- Source
- Third United States Army, Letter of Instruction Number 1, 6 March 1944 (reprinted in War as I Knew It), March 6, 1944 · Letters of Instruction, Number 1, sections VI and VII
- Read at
- Headquarters Third United States Army; reprinted in War as I Knew It (Houghton Mifflin, 1947)
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From Patton's Letter of Instruction Number 1 to Third Army corps and division commanders, dated March 6, 1944, under the heading "Condition". The same words are also credited to Vince Lombardi, who came later.