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

Omar N. Bradley

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Omar N. Bradley
Age: 88 †
Born: 1893
Born: February 12
Died: 1981
Died: April 8
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Military Officer
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Omar Nelson Bradley
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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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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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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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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
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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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We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.
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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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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
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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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Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character is a sort of an all-inclusive thing. If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him.
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Amateurs study tactics professionals study logistics.
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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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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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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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In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.
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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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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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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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Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.
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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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