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.
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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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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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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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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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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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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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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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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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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