Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap.

Patton

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Topic

Individual vs. the collective Team Individualism The military World War II

Speaker

General George S. Patton

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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Topic
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Topic
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Speaker
Winston Churchill
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat." House of Commons meeting. 13 May 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

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