Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFLeadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.
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It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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With a chemical alarm, you’re going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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