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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFWell, 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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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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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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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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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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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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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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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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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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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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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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