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

Norman Schwarzkopf

I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Chaotic Circumstance Pride
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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Command Commitment Country Love Retirement Soldier Time
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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Giving Leadership People
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 hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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Absolute Hate War
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
When placed in command, take charge.
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Charge Command Leadership
You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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Help Relationship Success
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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Advice Enemy God Love
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
I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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Human Being Personality
Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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Character Failure Leadership
I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Angry Person Principle
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
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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Alarm Chemical
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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Afraid Courage Firefighter Job True

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

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