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

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 was lucky enough to lead a very successful war. "

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

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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 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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" I'm not a type-B personality who knows I have a cancer growing inside of me and can live with the knowledge. I go into a kung-fu attack position when I go through the door of a hospital. "

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

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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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" 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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" As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.' "

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

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

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" Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life. "

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" He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man. "

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" I can stand in a crystal stream without another human around me and cast all day long, and if I never catch a single fish, I can come home and still feel like I had a wonderful time. It's the being there that's important. "

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

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

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

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

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