137 Quotes by David Petraeus

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

Fighting in cities is a totally different endeavor than obviously fighting out in the open.

Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.

The Islamic State fighters in Mosul are dead men walking and I think they increasingly know it.

The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right.

I’m living the dream.

The art of coalition command – whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti – is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect.

Every civilian’s death diminishes us, collectively.

If you don’t want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.