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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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.
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Great Love People Thinking
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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Country Hunt War
If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
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Country Destroy Intention
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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Military Motivational Peace Sports
I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.
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Want War Wise
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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Family Father Kill Mother People Professional Soldier
Good generalship is a realization that you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
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Accomplishment Loss Mission Realization Trying
When placed in command, take charge.
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Charge Command Leadership
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Business Character Combination Leadership Strategy
I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
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Character Deal Judgment Men Superior
A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.
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Advice Enemy God Love
I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Angry Person Principle
I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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Chaotic Circumstance Pride
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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Character Failure Leadership
You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Help Relationship Success
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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Look Thinking Want

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