Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.
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Patton, George Smith. Address to the troops. 5 June 1944, England, UK.
Patton, George Smith. Address to the troops. 5 June 1944, England, UK.
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Sanders, Henry R. Quoted in L.A. Times. 18 Oct. 1950. Originally spoken to the Quarterback Club. Luncheon. 1948, Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, sect. 226.
Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, sect. 226.
Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.
Sarte, Jean Paul. "No Exit." No Exit and Three Other Plays. Vintage, 1989, act 1, sc. 5.