They don't look like soldiers. They don't act like soldiers. Why should they be expected to fight like soldiers?
— General George Patton (George C. Scott)
7 seconds sound clip from the Patton (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:23:36 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- George, there's one other thing I put in my Kasserine report.
- Some of our boys were just plain scared.
- That's understandable. Even the best fox hound's gun-shy the first time out.
- Well, I can understand that, George, with such a handsome nose.
- You wanna know why this outfit got the hell kicked out of it? A blind man could see it in a minute.
- You're absolutely right. The discipline's pretty poor.
- Well, in about 15 minutes we're going to start turning these boys into fanatics, razors.
- They'll lose their fear of the Germans. I only hope to God they never lose their fear of me.
- Up bright and early, General. Uh, breakfast?
- Am I to understand that all my officers have finished breakfast?
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