An awful lot has been written about my temper.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI 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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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
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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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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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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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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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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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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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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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