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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. (Omar Bradley)
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. View quote
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. View quote
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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. View quote
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We have men of science, too few men of God. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. View quote
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Character is a sort of an all-inclusive thing. If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him. Soldiers must have confidence in their leader. View quote
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We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. View quote
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I walked to the window and ripped open the blackout blinds. Outside the sun was climbing into the sky. The war in Europe had ended. View quote
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His vigor was always infectious, his wit barbed, his conversation a mixture of obscenity and good humor. He was at once stimulating and overbearing. George was a magnificent soldier. View quote
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I prefer to remember Patton as a man, as a man with all the frailties and faults of a human being, as a man whose greatness is therefore all the more of a triumph. View quote
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During the last six years the United States Army has not only matured greatly, but its officers have grown vastly more aware of their world-wide responsibilities as military men. Allied command has become the accepted pattern of military operation, and many of the insular differences that once caused us to question the motives of our allies have now been completely resolved. (Omar Bradley)
In war there is no second prize for the runner-up. View quote
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The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. View quote
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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. Soldiers must have confidence in their leader. View quote
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