Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFJudge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
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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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As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.
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I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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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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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?
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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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