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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

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

— Barbara Tuchman

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

— Douglas MacArthur

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

— Trent Lott

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

— Torrey DeVitto

I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.

— Michael T. Flynn

You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.

— Lindsey Graham

I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.

— Vladimir Horowitz

Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

— Peter T. King

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

✗Opposing Perspectives

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

— Carl von Clausewitz