Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1729
AUTHOR:
Thomas H. Moorer (1912 )
QUOTATION:
An atheist could not be as great a military leader as one who is not an atheist.
ATTRIBUTION:
THOMAS H. MOORER, as reported by The Washington Post, April 29, 1970, p. C1.
Admiral Moorer, then chairman-designate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified in U.S. District Court supporting the policy of compulsory chapel attendance at the service academies.