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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Norman Schwarzkopf

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
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Leadership Want
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Business Character Combination Leadership Strategy
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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Country Hunt War
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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Fight Soldier Veterans Day
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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Family Father Kill Mother People Professional Soldier
When placed in command, take charge.
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Charge Command Leadership
How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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Accommodate Care Fight Kill War
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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Great Love People Thinking
Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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Character Leadership Strategy
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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Battle Courage Hero Veterans Day
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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Want War Wise
Judge 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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Enemy Judging Looks
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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Duty Rough
I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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Arrangement Believe Function Job Military
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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Alive Business Fear War
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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Accomplishment Loss Mission Realization Trying

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

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