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Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Norman Schwarzkopf
Age: 78 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: December 27
General
Military Officer
Trenton
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
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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.
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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
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I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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