The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without… — Omar Bradley · Skopia

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The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

1948

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Bradley, Omar. "Armistice Day Speech, November 10, 1948." The Collected Writings of General Omar N. Bradley. Vol. 1, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1967. Originally a speech at an Armistice Day Celebration. 10 Nov. 1948, Boston Chamber of Commerence, Boston, MA, USA.

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