I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFAny soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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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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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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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 prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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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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Good generalship is a realization that you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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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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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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