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" For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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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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" 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 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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" I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war. "

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" Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention. "

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" It's nice to feel that you have a purpose. "

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" The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. "

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

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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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" When placed in command, take charge. "

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

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" There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received. "

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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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" It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. "

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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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" 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 do not want to be a pawn in a political campaign. "

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

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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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" You can't help but... with 20/20 hindsight, go back and say, 'Look, had we done something different, we probably wouldn't be facing what we are facing today.' "

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" This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it. "

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" I like to say I'm not a hero. "

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" I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances. "

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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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" What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world where the ordinary citizen can go out and enjoy hunting and fishing. There's no other nation in the world where that happens. And it's very much a part of our heritage. "

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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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