speech from the movie "Patton" given to the 3rd army

[Vetzero]

Patton was who he was. Really awfully hard to fight for and with. He exacted a great deal from his men but, in turn and in due time earned the respect of just about everyone who served in his 3rd US Army. One such soldier was a Corporal of Artillery, my stepfather, Edward Frank Hurst who made it back home to his wife Maxine and lived to the age of 58. I believe that these days and times the U.S. and our Army needs a modern day version of him.

[catbuffalo]

I'm a red american bastard and am ready willing and able to let the next tea-bagging bastard to die for his country before i ever will. Fuck all of you! Fuck you little boys playing war with your m16s. 

[JesterxMailman81]

@catbuffalo U dont have to agree with what he is saying. Just don't be an asshole and tell everyone to fuck themselves.

[Frostlyfe]

Vietnam failed because of politics. the military should not be a political machine. its what happens when politics cant resolve a situation.

[rifleman1002]

Then fucking Vietnam happened. We lost that shit. 

[DTFProphet]

@rifleman1002 America lost Vietnam because Patton wasn't there...

[A10fighter95]

@rifleman1002 It was a military victory

[rifleman1002]

@A10fighter95 For the North Vietnamese. 

[A10fighter95]

@rifleman1002 Negative

[polock94]

what I see in these post is good we do have a good armed forces it is just our leadership that is lacking. The leaders should be the ones shoveling shit in lousina.

[MrSubie2008]

@polock94 You got that right! Let the SOLDIERS do their job, not some pencil-pushing douche arguing in the Capitol about how to fight a war!!

[Lorlele2010]

Love it. That is all.

[TheMG63]

From the known transcriptions I've read of this speech, they don't make any mention of the line "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country..." Did Patton actually use this or is it something made up for the film in the spirit of Patton?

[jellisrellish]

@TheMG63 im almost sure he actually said it, this speech is just a combination of many other speeches, i'm pretty sure that almost everything he said in the movie speech was said in one of them.

[KAIROA]

@TheMG63 Is a very well known fact that Gral Patton has a foul mouth. Everybody who read the history, knows it.

Patton was a great general, very patriotic man, he was used, by people who knows how to mannipulate the humans been. Eisenhower and him contradict each other, in account of prisoners of war.

Patton let them loose, Eisenhower put them in a concentration camps.

[MrGhostsir]

I'm 14 years of age and most of my family is in the U.S. Military, and this is all I have to say, "God bless America, and may God destroy all commie bastards".

[CaptainAidanthegreat]

@MrGhostsir A lot of my family is in the british military and i agree with you

[MrGhostsir]

@CaptainAidanthegreat thanks 

[frisbeeswagstersowda]

My Great American Conflicts teacher gives this speech every 2nd semester. He knows it by memory

[4thUSArmoredDivision]

I very much agree Patton during WW2 was the best Allied commander and tank commander the 4th Armoured Division was the back horse of the 3rd Army and his main assault force. If you even think of it Patton took 50 milles a day

[ropermrmeredith06]

look at all them medels!

[NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE]

Such an AWESOME movie!! God Bless our Military!!!

[xtiml]

this is a good example of hollywood history. people think this is a true account of patton.well what it leaves out is, he was murdered by the jews who he came to despse fought on the wrong side, and was going to go into politics and defeat eisenhower . took them 2 times to kill him, which is a good example of how deluded .he realized the jews were theproblem and when they found out they murdered him.spielburgs movie on shindlers list is worse than this one.Make a movie on USS liberty!

[The253King]

murder them by the bushells! spill their blood! put your hand in GOO that once was your best friend!! aight you sons a bitches... LETS ROCK

[ChickenHawkKicker]

The first time I heard that i was four on my grandpas lap, and then he said "I hated that asshole,but we got shit done."

[vatosharpei]

Patton would be relieved of duty faster than when he was relieved at the end of the European campaign, MacArthur as well. Ike and probably Bradley would remain as they were both soldier and diplomat. Sadly, the military has become just what those men sought to avoid.....policemen.

[ParentsGoingGreen]

He is not wearing the Medal of Honor. It's one of the few awards he did not receive. He was truly a great warrior.

[joshman783]

"You wont have to say, 'well i shoveled shit in Louisiana...'"

[fuferito]

"Americans have never lost and will never lose a war". I heard Civil War historian, Shelby Foote, say regarding this phrase: "that's a rather amazing statement for him [Scott] to make as Patton because Patton's grandfather was in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. And he certainly lost a war."

[jdmifsud14]

@fuferito patton's grandfather lost the war...patton was born as an american not a confederate. Patton didn't loose the war.

[Sparrowhawk155]

This Hollywood version of General Patton's speech is so sanitized as to be nearly irrelevant. Go to some of the Luxembourg History sites and learn the impact of the human races last warrior.

[skinnyirishman]

words we should be living by id say . enough with all the nice guy crap and oh my tummy hurts .quit selling out stand up straight and stop crawling on the ground like a rat . lets set the u.s . forces aside for a second and look at your self as a u.s. country man (or woman) are country is sold out how do you feel about that ?

i would die for you would you die for me? or buy stock in walmart or worse. think about it . there is a way out of this Mutiny and corruption. dont react think.

[555paint]

it is a good moive--i like it---obviously one of the great one man performances ever (thank god john wayne didn''t get the role as planned) but it does have it's problems. It could have been somewhat more critical...might have for example dealt with the mis guidied attempt to save his son law from a POW camp which was a total blunder etc. I think its success is partly due to when it came out--lots of people were down about the war in Vietnam and this was a bit of a tonic.

[bcourter82]

He would be pissed about what Bush did with the troops.

[SpartanT48]

@bcourter82

No, he would be pissed about how Obama has squandered what little of a foothold we had in Afghanistan

[klined]

@SpartanT48

I doubt that. Patton would have never wanted to invade Afghanistan in the first place I'm pretty sure. He would have surely seen the pointlessness of it, nor would he have been interested in nation building. He would have wanted to find out the war criminals involved and then on to better pursuits. Check out "war between the generals"by david irving for many good quotes and exposition on his geopolitics.

[hellsummon]

He would be so disappointed with the modern Army

[jellisrellish]

@hellsummon id definately agree.

[NWFWMbudwieser]

@jellisrellish He'd love the weapons. But that the people leading it. Or the pointless wars were fighting.

[cmg91101]

@jellisrellish Man I don't know you guys or your history so i will refrain from personal attacks. But our modern military are volunteers!!! Not draftees (no mistake in dishonoring anyone...those draftees/volunteers did some of the hardest fighting known to man)...The modern military put their lives on the line for complete strangers, and brought them freedom with only meager rewards for themselves. Choose your words wisely sir!

[SpartanT48]

@hellsummon

If Patton had never died in that jeep accident we would not be where we are at today. Patton would have made sure that wimp Truman never got his first term. He also would have made sure we had never lost in Korea or Nam(more then likely would have agreed with nuking China when McArthur suggested it)

[menckencynic]

@SpartanT48 They tried to make him look like a madman in the movie (flawed hero and all that) by showing him ranting that he should take on the Soviets and make it look like they did it, but damned if it doesn't look like a good idea in retrospect-

Patton was right, we had the army right then, we had the amazing firepower of a continental ammunition and weapons creating program, and the Soviets had been bled white by their way of fighting war: we were barely scratched with a highly exp. army

[klined]

@menckencynic

patton was right, that's why he was assassinated

[The253King]

@SpartanT48 Damn Im going to research and form my own.. what does alex jones have to say

[jayseah32]

@SpartanT48 Patton never died in a jeep accident

[cbalsz]

@SpartanT48 That's why the NKVD took him out.

[ParentsGoingGreen]

He is not wearing the Medal of Honor. It's the one award he did not receive. As a matter of fact, he said that he'd sell his soul to get this medal.

[tmore59]

@hellsummon Sad part is patton specifically states the army is a team and calls individuality crap. Yet the army slogan for along time was an army of one.

[RottingCorpse85]

@hellsummon i agree as well. i know the army does their bootcamp co-ed and allow them to use cell phones and last i heard the Army was thinking about letting women into combat MOS's. what the fuck kind of shit is that?

[campagnollo]

@hellsummon After being with a unit that went to the first gulf war (I didn't go). all they did was setup camp there, sung "Kumbya" and they all got combat badges. Being the grandson of a soldier who served under Patton (2nd Armored Div, "Hell On Wheels"), I was greatly offended about the lack of duty this Army had so I left.

[HopllyteAlpha]

@hellsummon I think he would give medals to the poorly armed and trained freedom fighter taking on the US Military with what amounts to spit wads. He would despise modern warfare.

[SteppingstoneOH]

@hellsummon Maybe what you mean to say is 'Modern America'.

[raginroadrunner]

@hellsummon..wrong..this a good, smart Army...dedicated. motivated and fucking deadly...these boys wanna fight....and they are vicious, slashing killers...

[DeedsResearcher]

@hellsummon But not with the United States Marine Corps! Just remember that a single Marine by himself is never outnumbered....or surrounded!

[TheManInUniform]

@hellsummon and he would be disappointed of you too.

[hellsummon]

@TheManInUniform Nope, I served my country. Proudly and bravely...man would make a great Marine and he would be disgusted at the lack of good order and discipline in today's Army

[marinesarelife1]

OORAH

[TunesNorth]

I agree, one of the best War movies ever filmed.

Awesome clip, I have always loved this movie and the opening comments.

Thanks for the share my friend.

Thumbed! and Fav'd!

[sniperRobert]

does he have the Medal of Honor on his neck?

[jellisrellish]

@sniperRobert its one of these medals: Distinguished Service Cross with one oak leaf cluster Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Silver Star with one oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Silver Lifesaving Medal Mexican Service Medal World War I Victory Medal with five battle clasps European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver and two bronze service stars American Defense Service Medal World War II Victory Medal

[The253King]

@jellisrellish THX SNIPE .... FROM the civilians!!! spill their blood.. shoot them ine belly!! have their blood grease our tanks!!

MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT SIR

[darkyoda]

@jellisrellish Patton never got the Medal of Honor. From what I recall, the medal is the Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with Palm, awarded by the Belgians.

[MrSubie2008]

@jellisrellish You really know your history! Good job!

[Vetzero]

No, he never got one of those.