I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFI get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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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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 get angry at a principle, not a person.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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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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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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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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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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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 is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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