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

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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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 professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. "

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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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" I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being. "

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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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" Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action. "

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" What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind. "

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

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" When placed in command, take charge. "

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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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" When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell you the fish have won a lot more than I have. It's interesting that something with a brain the size of a fish's can outsmart us humans, who think we are el supremo. "

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" I'd like to think I'm a caring human being. "

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" Nobody can ever pin you down when you speculate. "

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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 can't even begin to visualize myself as a five-star general... When I think of the people who are five-star generals, I can't even see myself standing in their shadow. "

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" When the Normandy Invasion was planned, a very specific strategic objective was given, and that strategic objective was the basis upon which the plan for the Normandy Invasion was derived. "

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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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