I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFTo 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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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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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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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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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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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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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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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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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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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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