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If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

This lady is not for turning.

Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

To be a leader of men one must turn one’s back on men.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial campaign raises a series of fascinating questions, the most perplexing of all being why an international star of his stature would ever want to run in the first place.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.