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 SCHWARZKOPFYou can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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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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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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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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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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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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