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I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform

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 Bradley

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We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. – Omar Bradley

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Prophecy
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Omar Bradley
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Weve learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live. – Omar Bradley

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Peace
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Omar Bradley
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. – Calvin Coolidge

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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. – Oliver Cromwell

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War is too important a matter to be left to the military. – Georges Clemenceau

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Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule — these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature. – Bhagavad Gita

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