Omar N. Bradley
General, US Army, World War 2
Lived: 1893-1981
"In war there is no second prize for the runner-up."
-General Omar N. Bradley ,U.S. Army, 1950
"Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army
supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy."
- General Omar N. Bradley 1951
"Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who
fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead."
- General Omar N. Bradley
"I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience
grows out of mistakes."
- General Omar N. 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."
- General Omar N. Bradley
"If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our
servant may prove to be our executioner."
- General Omar N. Bradley
"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience.
Our 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."
- General Omar N. Bradley
"The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts."
- General Omar N. Bradley
"A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander."
- General Omar N. Bradley
Actually said by one of his commo officers, but mentioned by Bradley in his book "The Soldier's Story"
