Omar N. Bradley Quotes

#1. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

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#2. Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war.

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#3. We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.

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#4. This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

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#5. Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

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#6. War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.

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#7. I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died ... every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.

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#8. Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

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#9. I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

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#10. Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.

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#11. Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.

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#12. As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.

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#13. Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.

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#14. Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.

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#15. The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy ... Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world.

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#16. The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

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#17. The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

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#18. Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver ... or came closer to being God's will on earth.

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#19. The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

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#20. A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

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#21. America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.

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#22. Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.

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#23. Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience.

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#24. I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

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#25. In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers ... I think you would have a problem definitely.

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#26. Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

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#27. If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be any danger of our government running America in the wrong way.

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#28. The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign unless he understood the men he had to lead.

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#29. The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country's debt to them.

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#30. Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American.

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#31. It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents.

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#32. In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

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#33. With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

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