Commanders Quotes - Page 14

• For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel.

  Matthew Henry

  Love Is, Law, Parent

  Matthew Henry, J.B Williams (1828). “Exposition of the Old and New Testament”, p.1355

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• A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.

  Michael Huffington

  War, Cutting, Order

  "Seeking Leadership for Iraq" by Michael Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2007.

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• When you kneel in prayer, don't give God orders, just report to your Commander in Chief for duty.

  Michael Catt

  Prayer, Order, Giving

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• I am sure of the fact that Fidel and Chávez are commanders of the forces of freedom in America, to liberate America and the world.

  Evo Morales

  America, World, Facts

  Evo Morales' remarks at the press conference during his first visit to Cuba, December 2005.

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• Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.

  Stephen Colbert

  Winning, Thinking, President

  "A Mock Columnist, Amok" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. October 14, 2007.

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• Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour.

  Plutarch

  Sea, Wealth, Enough

  Plutarch (1909). “Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, comprising all the works collected under the title of "Morals", translated from the Greek by several hands, corr. and rev. by William W. Goodwin”

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• (President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

  Carl T. Rowan

  Military, Trying, President

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• As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, Decision, Political

  Iraq Strategy Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, delivered 30 November 2005, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

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• America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander in chief that believes in American exceptionalism again.

  Bobby Jindal

  Military, Believe, America

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2015.

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• I don’t even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that’s really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander.

  Kesha

  Stars, Thinking

  Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2010.

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• It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.

  Aristotle

  Two, Government, Citizens

  Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• So, Wesley Clark is running for president. Pretty amazing guy. Four star general, first in his class at West Point, supreme commander of NATO, saw combat in Vietnam, won the bronze star, silver star, the purple heart for being wounded in battle. See, I'm no political expert, but that sounds pretty good next to choking on a pretzel, falling off a scooter and dropping the dog.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Dog, Stars

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• As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and then you rely upon the generals and admirals and commanders to give you their expert advice on the tools needed to carry out that objective.

  Ted Cruz

  Jobs, Rely Upon, Giving

  "Ted Cruz on opposition to trade bill, ObamaCare alternative". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2015.

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• The great commander, who seemed by expression of his visage to be always on the look-out for something in the extremest distance, and to have no ocular knowledge of anything within ten miles, made no reply whatever.

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Distance, Humorous

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Dombey and Son”, p.336, Xist Publishing

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• The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Kings, Order, Issues

  Lajos Kossuth (1853). “Select speeches, condensed and abridged by F.W. Newman”, p.16

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• Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Wisdom, Spring

  "Obama admits Israel has good reason for scepticism over Iran nuclear deal" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2013.

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• You want to be commander-in-chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient.

  Barack Obama

  Men, Want, Uniforms

  "Republicans rue 'dysfunctional dates'". "The World Today" with Peter Cave, www.abc.net.au. October 3, 2011.

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• I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]

  Ian Fleming

  Men, Meetings, Sean

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• General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

  Jim Talent

  Circles, People, Decision

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• Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

  Boris Yeltsin

  Fighting, Russia, Order

  Appeal to the military to not participate in the coup attempt, while standing on a tank during troop movements against the Russian White House, August 19, 1991.

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• There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Mean, Soldier

  Interview with M. Junaid Alam, www.counterpunch.org. December 27, 2004.

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• You know a constellation of imperishable values. Live by the mighty truth and power of God. Live above the sludge of a sick society. Live among dispirited humans as the vanguard of peace and good news. Remember, our Commander in Chief has no use for tin soldiers.

  Carl F. H. Henry

  Sick, Soldier, Tin

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• But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If companies owning railways have been able to agree, why should railway workers, who would take possession of railways, not agree likewise? And if the Petersburg-Warsaw Company and that of Paris-Belfort can act in harmony, without giving themselves the luxury of a common commander, why, in the midst of our societies, consisting of groups of free workers, should we need a Government?

  Peter Kropotkin

  Government, Luxury, Paris

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• I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.

  Dan Rather

  Country, War, Swings

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• I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush...

  Wesley Clark

  Thinking, President, Done

  "Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics", votesmart.org. October 20, 2003.

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