George S. Patton Quotes
A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.
This quotation is a variant of the famous Voltaire quotation {196416}.
George S. Patton, 1885-1945, U.S. Army General, Quoted in Charles M. Province, "The Unknown Patton"
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About 200 years after Voltaire made this statement, Robert F Kennedy was quoted with a similar notion. See {624825}. However, both of these echo an old Russian proverb. See {615261}.
One of the earliest expressions of the better late than never concept.
- Born: November 11, 1885
- Died: December 21, 1945
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Soldier
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
