Rick Hillier quotes

Rick Hillier quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We're not the public service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people.”
-- Rick Hillier

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“Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it's necessary to being a leader.”
-- Rick Hillier

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“You don't achieve anything by stopping at the first sign of difficulty. If we'd stopped after Dieppe in World War II, where would we be right now as a nation? If we'd stopped before Vimy Ridge, we wouldn't have been a nation at all. Yes, you've got to know when to say "stop" as a leader, you sure do, but you've also got to know when to push for the final thing that's going to give you the full benefit.”
-- Rick Hillier

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“I'll tell you one thing, when you have young men and women in combat operations and they lose their friends, one thing you quickly learn not to be ashamed of is tears.”
-- Rick Hillier

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