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

Norman Schwarzkopf

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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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" War is a profane thing. "

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

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

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" 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. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

" A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the best equipment in the world, you can have the largest numbers in the world, but, if you're not dedicated to your cause, if you don't have the will to fight, then, you are not going to have a very good army. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" 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. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

" 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. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

" When placed in command, take charge. "

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" 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. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" 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. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

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

Norman Schwarzkopf

" Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot. "

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