Category: army general
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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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
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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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
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.
Robert Baden-Powell
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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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If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
George S. Patton
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We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
Robert E. Lee