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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 1362
AUTHOR: George Smith Patton, Jr. (1885–1945)
QUOTATION: In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.
ATTRIBUTION: General GEORGE S. PATTON, JR., War as I Knew It, p. 116 (1947).
SUBJECTS: Plans