Muddy language is not ...

Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly obscure wording. When a person writes to the Veterans Administration, he is entitled to an easily understood, frank, and courteous reply. If our replies cannot be understood, they are not only not worth writing, but they simply create additional work.
 Omar N. Bradley

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America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.
 Omar N. Bradley
Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.
 Omar N. Bradley
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts. And the way to make sure it never starts is to abolish the dangerous costly nuclear stockpiles which imprison mankind.
 Omar N. Bradley
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
 Omar N. Bradley
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
 Omar N. Bradley