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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFSuccess is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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 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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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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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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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