Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFAs 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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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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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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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’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.
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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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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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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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