I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFHow do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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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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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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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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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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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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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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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
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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’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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
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