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.
Source: Armed Forces Day address; in New York Times, 17 May 1959.
-- Omar Bradley, (Feb 12 1893-1981), US army general; He commanded the highly effective 12th Army Group to ensure Allied victory during WW II; first chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-53.