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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."
"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
"Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man who kills must be destroyed because this is a great sin, maybe the worst we know. And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "use it well, use it wisely." We put no checks on him. Go out and kill as many of a certain kind or classification of your brothers as you can. And we will reward you for it because it is a violation of your early training."
"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."
"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
Explore more quotes by Omar N. Bradley
"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."
"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."
"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."
"If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."
"With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents."
"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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