Commanders Quotes - Page 10

• With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Growing, Offensive

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• The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And I think I could do that.

  Lindsey Graham

  Thinking, President, United States

  "Sen. Graham on security of our nation's capital, 2016 plans; Sen. Sanders ready to challenge Hillary Clinton?". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2015.

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• He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Modesty, Obedience, Worthy

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, De Legibus, III. 2, p. 564, 1922.

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• The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Enemy, Jerusalem, Christ

  Saint Ignatius of Loyola (2012). “The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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• Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.

  Gary North

  Jesus, People, Training

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• Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, .. most unlikely.

  Peter Weir

  World, Sides, Unlikely

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• Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Army, Victory

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• There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Firmness

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• A commander should have a profound understanding of human nature, the knack of smoothing out troubles, the power of winning affection while communicating energy, and the capacity for ruthless determination where require by circumstances. He needs to generate an electrifying current, and to keep a cool head in applying it.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Determination, Winning, Should Have

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• The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

  Horatio Nelson

  Mean, Enemy, Battle

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.443, Cambridge University Press

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• Nulle cre  ature humaine ne peut commander a'   l'amour. No human being can give orders to love.

  Sydney Samuelson

  Order, Giving, Amour

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• I believe that one can't command sitting on one's ass in the rear. One has to up among the forward brigade commanders, even as far as battalion commanders, especially if one is fighting a defensive action. One simply has to know what is going on.

  Christopher Vokes

  Believe, Fighting, Sitting

  "Vokes - My Story" by Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, (p. 182), 1985.

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• What the world needs is an Emergency Boss. An Emergency Czar. An Emergency Commander. A true Master Of Disaster. One person completely responsible for the anticipation, immediate reconnaissance, and urgent execution of rescue and relief efforts around the world.

  Steven Van Zandt

  Boss, Effort, Around The World

  "We Need An Emergency Boss" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2010.

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• To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way - they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Humor, Fate

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• As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.

  Rand Paul

  America, Chiefs, Whatever It Takes

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• We need a president who understands the first obligation of the commander-in-chief is to keep America safe. If I am elected president, we will hunt down and kill the terrorists. We will utterly destroy ISIS.

  Ted Cruz

  Isis, America, President

  Ted Cruz at the second GOP debate at the Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back the warrior class - Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. Every single one of these generals I know. Every one was retired early because they told President [Barack] Obama things that he didn't want to hear.

  Carly Fiorina

  Home, Warrior, Class

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• The war against ISIS will pose many new challenges for the next commander-in-chief. The last two presidents [George W. Bush and Barack Obama] pursued a Middle East policy that supported toppling dictators to try to promote democracy.

  Wolf Blitzer

  War, Isis, Two

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view.

  John McCain

  Military, Views, President

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• Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.

  Hillary Clinton

  President, Trump, Chiefs

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Why do soldiers fight? They join because they believe in a higher cause -- protecting religion, their nation, defending against a foreign nation. But why do soldier stay and fight? Soldiers aren't individuals. They are part of a unit. And that unit is led by a commander. If they don't trust their commander ... if there is no leadership, there is nothing.

  Peter R. Mansoor

  Leadership, Believe, Fighting

  "What's wrong with the Iraqi army?" by Ashley Fantz, www.cnn.com. May 26, 2015.

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• The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Responsibility, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Who knows better than you what it means to have a commander-in-chief who lived his entire life, who lived throughout the entire Cold War, and doesn't know what the nuclear triad is? It's absolutely astonishing. And so it's terrific to have Joe Dunford and you know, perhaps John Bolton and other people in positions of trust.

  Bret Stephens

  War, Mean, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I think it is appropriate when you look at the test that you have to meet to be commander-in-chief for Americans to be thoughtful about, you know, who has the experience and the approach that is best likely to work.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thoughtful, Thinking, Looks

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think what more and more Americans are concluding is that Donald Trump is not a man who is qualified to be president, and he is not fit to be commander and chief.

  Hillary Clinton

  Men, Thinking, President

  Source: www.9news.com

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