Everyone who's ever seen the 1970 George C. Scott movie Patton has probably memorized at least one or two lines of dialogue from the opening sequence. Of course, being 1970, the real "Patton speech" couldn't be put on film. I doubt Franklin J. Schaffner would even have tried. (Today, it'd be the centerpiece of the film; it's better than anything Quentin Tarantino's ever come up with.)

Anyways, the guys at Boots and Sabers have reproduced the speech after having a link to it come up in the comments. I won't copy it here, 'cause it really exceeds the standards of content, but I will link it and send traffic their way. Laugh out loud and get the Evil Calvin Grin as you read it.

Click here to read.

UPDATE: Oops, I didn't correctly mention the source of the speech. I also forgot to mention that the real General Patton wouldn't have delivered that speech in a low-pitched growl. From recordings made of the man during the war, he had a rather high-pitched voice, and sounded kind of like an angry old uncle when he talked. Admittedly, that might be a limitation of the technological medium at the time; I still can't figure out why Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart (whatta gal!) sound alike on old recordings.

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