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" An awful lot has been written about my temper. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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" Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. "

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" Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for. "

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" The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. "

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" I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker. "

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" War's a profanity because, let's face it, you've got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can. "

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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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" I get angry at a principle, not a person. "

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" Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory. "

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" If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is. "

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" The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em. "

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" Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches. "

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" I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.' "

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" I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be. "

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" First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it. "

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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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" Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can. "

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" Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation. "

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" I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about. "

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" I hate war. Absolutely, I hate war. "

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" Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq. "

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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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" The Patriot missile is a point defence missile. Point defence means that you put the missile at a location to defend a very specific target such as an airfield, a supply dump or a headquarters. "

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