George S. Patton's Texas Aggie quote

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Does anyone have a good date for George S. Patton's famous Texas Aggie  
quote? It's even on Texas A&M T-shirts, but I'm having trouble finding the  source 
of it.
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"Give me an army of West Point graduates/cadets, and I'll win a battle.  Give 
me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war."
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_Texas  Aggie Traditions_ (http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/corps.shtml)      
"Give me an army of West Point graduates,  I'll win a battle. ... George S. 
Patton, Jr. Texas  A&M is one of only three schools with a full-time Corps of  
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aggietraditions.tamu.edu/corps.shtml....
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(GOOGLE)
_Texas A&M - Texas Aggie Bookstore | General George  Patton | T ..._ 
(http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1046/p-63070.shtml)      The back's design has a 
pair of senior  aggie boots and then a quote from General George Patton  
saying, ' Give me an army of West Point graduates and I'll  ...
www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/1046/p-63070.shtml -  39k
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(GOOGLE BOOKS)
_Texas Football Trilogy: A Season in the Lone Star State - Page  22_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=AXZfASc-ADkC&pg=PA22&ots=FHjyxSNk3i&dq=george+patton+
aggies+"west+point"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=GdrZLgjv3OwuaXzyYZMp6toFlqw) 
by Mitchell Krugel - Sports & Recreation - 2000 - 271  pages
George S. Patton once said? “Give me an  army of West Point graduates and 
I'll wn 
a battle. But give me a  handful oftexas Aggies and III win a war. ...
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(GOOGLE  BOOKS)
 
_The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise  Again) - 
Page 227_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?id=1samovCrW9wC&pg=PA227&ots=GAMaBdUuSV&dq=george+patton+aggies+"west+
point"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=hhqbv9K_caQMoxcg7yCDNK9Yg8I) 
by Clint Johnson  - Social Science - 2007 - 262 pages
"Give me an army of West  Point grads and I'll win a battle; give me a 
handful of 
Texas  Aggies and I'll win a war." George Patton The Germans were so  afraid 
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