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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFDo what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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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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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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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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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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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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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 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’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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