I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFA professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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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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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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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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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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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 do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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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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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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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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