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What does it mean?
Patton felt conflicted between civic duty and military loyalty.
In plain terms
Voting against the administration felt wrong to him as a soldier.
What can you take from it?
Military officers face conflicts in political expression.

Where it applies

  • military service
  • voting
  • government

Putting it to work

  • understand chain of command
  • weigh civic duty
  • navigate political neutrality

Questions to consider

  • How do you balance duties?
  • What is your stance on military voting?

Another view

Civilian control of military is standard but can be complex.

More from George S. Patton

  1. Hold'em by the nose and kick'em in the pants.

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  2. If a man has done his best, what else is there?

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  3. Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man. Anything built by man, can be destroyed by him.

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