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 SCHWARZKOPFIt’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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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.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid 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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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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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
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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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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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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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When placed in command, take charge.
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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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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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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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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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