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"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."
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"A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."

"A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens."

"As you read in The Art of Being, having a heart of service and generosity is a powerful state of being and a positive way to make a great first impression through valuing others. "Service Beyond Self" encourages you to take deliberate action steps to rise above self-interest and ask what you can do for others, not what they can do for you."

"Africa! Africa! Africa! Africa my motherland!Africa, your people cries for you!Africans must educate their citizens. Africans must reach out to it's people and empower them to build the nation. Africans you are the only people who can liberated your citizens from poverty through education. Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent."

"The level of a leader is determined by his sphere of influence."

"The leaderly response to personal irritation is to relax and open up not push, run, or close down."

"Establish your system of control to see that your team does there job."

"Those who become successful are those who have decided to 'take the bull by the horns."

"A hero is someone who enlightened your life, whom you can emulate and adhere."

"One of the ability of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion."
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"I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student."

"The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names."

"By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?"

"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."

"Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there."

"It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign."
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