Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf

Norman Schwarzkopf

A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.

Fighting

Love You

Mean

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

Fighting

Soldier

Veterans Day

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.

Art

Men

Military

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.

Careers

Jobs

Years

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

France

Hunting

War

Good generalship is a realization that… you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

Loss

Realization

Trying

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.

Government

Iraq

People

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.

Iraq

Taken

Would Be

I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.

Want

War

Wise

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Angry

Persons

Principles

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Army

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Business

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Cutting

Done

Duty

Enemy

Fall

Fighting

Fishing

France

Government

Helping

Hero

Humans

Hunting

Ifs

Inspiring

Iraq

Jobs

Judging

Leadership

Looks

Loss

Love You

Lucky

Mass Destruction

May

Mean

Men

Military

Ninety Nine

People

Percent

Persons

Positive

Principles

Profane

Proud

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Quotes by Norman Schwarzkopf

Norman Schwarzkopf

A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.

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

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.

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.

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

Good generalship is a realization that… you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

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.

I don’t consider myself dovish and I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

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