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 SCHWARZKOPFLeadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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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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A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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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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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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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 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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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