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" I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

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" I am an environmentalist, but I'm not a wacko environmentalist. I believe that mankind and nature can live side-by-side for the mutual benefit of both. "

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

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

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" I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life. "

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" Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.' "

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" Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target. "

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

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

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

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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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" I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing. "

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" They say the good Lord doesn't charge you for the days you hunt and fish, and I believe that. "

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

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

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" When placed in command, take charge. "

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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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" 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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" 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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