I get angry at a principle, not a person.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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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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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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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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