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Omar N. Bradley
American
Soldier
About the author
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Technology
#May
#Wisdom
#Prudence
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.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Acting
#Life
#Act
#Mind
#Circumstances
#Decision
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#World
#Weapons
#Being
#Humanity
#Danger
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the light of every passing ship.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Light
#Stars
We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#War
#Peace
#Living
#Killing
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Death
#Bravery
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.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Guilt
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.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Opinions
#Service
#Tongue
The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#World
#Giants
#Power
#Wisdom
#Conscience
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#War
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Stars
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.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#World
#Giants
#War
#Peace
#Living
#Killing
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Leadership
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.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#states
#Soldiers
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.
Omar N. Bradley,
American
Soldier
#Mystery