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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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

An awful lot has been written about my temper.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Awful Temper
I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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Absolute Hate War
I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Angry Person Principle
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Advice Enemy God Love
How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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Accommodate Care Fight Kill War
To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Giving Leadership People
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Character Deal Judgment Men Superior
I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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Human Being Personality
It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

God Job War
I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Arrangement Believe Function Job Military
I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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Leadership Lucky Successful War
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
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Want War Wise
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Fight Soldier Veterans Day
You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Help Relationship Success
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Cancer Normal Proof

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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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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