"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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"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
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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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"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
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"Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion."
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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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"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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