It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.
— Norman Schwarzkopf
Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention.
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 hate war. Absolutely, I hate war.
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
When placed in command, take charge.
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.
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.
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.
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.
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.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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.
Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
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.
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.
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.
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
War is a profane thing.
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.
I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.
