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 SCHWARZKOPFHow do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
More Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful 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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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
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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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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
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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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