A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFGoing to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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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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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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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 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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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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