An awful lot has been written about my temper.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFJudge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
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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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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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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 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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It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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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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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 is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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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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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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