An Awful Lot Has Been Written About

Do What Is Right, Not What You Think The High Headquarters Wants Or What You Think Will Make You Look Good.

I Have Seen Competent Leaders Who Stood In Front Of A Platoon And All They Saw Was A Platoon. But Great Leaders Stand In Front Of A Platoon And See It As 44 Individuals, Each Of Whom Has Aspirations, Each Of Who Wants To Live, Each Of Whom Wants To Do Good.

I May Have Made My Reputation As A General In The Army And I'm Very Proud Of That. But I've Always Felt That I Was More Than One-dimensional.

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.