| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8127 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Omar Bradley (18931981), U.S. general. Address, Armed Forces Day. Quoted in New York Times (May 17, 1959). |
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