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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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Lousy Politics
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Cancer Normal Proof
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Art Men Military
How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Accommodate Care Fight Kill 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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Accomplishment Loss Mission Realization Trying
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Enemy Judging Looks
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Great Love People Thinking
An awful lot has been written about my temper.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Awful Temper
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Business Character Combination Leadership Strategy
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.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Advice Enemy God Love
I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Angry Person Principle
I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Leadership Lucky Successful War
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

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

Chaotic Circumstance Pride
Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Secret Success Sweat Sweet
I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF

Apologize Fish Hunt

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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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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