Norman Schwarzkopf

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  • “I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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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.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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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.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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  • “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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  • “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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  • “Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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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.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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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.” -Norman…

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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.” -Norman…

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  • “True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.” -Norman Schwarzkopf

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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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