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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFChoose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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 prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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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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I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.
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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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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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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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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