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• Why is she convinced Ambrose is out to get her" Leif asked "Ambrose?" Yelena raised a slender eyebrow. She carried a tray of tea and fruit. "You're on a first name basis with the Commander now?" "I usually call him Amby, but not in mixed company.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Eyebrows, Names, Tea

  Maria V. Snyder (2013). “Storm Glass”, p.326, MIRA

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• An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with an inefficient commander was better than one with two able heads.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Army, Two, Able

  William Tecumseh Sherman (1990). “Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman”, p.934, Library of America

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• The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

  Colin Powell

  Leadership, Fields, Call Of Duty

  Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.753, Ballantine Books

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• All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

  George S. Patton

  Successful, Treated, Prima Donnas

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• I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.

  George W. Bush

  President, Way, Chiefs

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• We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at a lectern - the lectern. 

  Sarah Palin

  War, Winning, Law

  Sarah Palin's Keynote Address at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, www.c-span.org. February 6, 2010.

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• So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Jobs, Military

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

  Henry Adams

  Sea, President, Ships

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• I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

  John McCain

  Jobs, Training, Needs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Military, Army, Blue

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.16, Fordham Univ Press

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• The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Arabia, Weapons, Modern

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “The Collected Works of Lawrence of Arabia (Unabridged): Seven Pillars of Wisdom + The Mint + The Evolution of a Revolt + Complete Letters (Including Translations of The Odyssey and The Forest Giant)”, p.766, e-artnow

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• I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

  Fidel Castro

  President, Accepting, States

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

  Michele Bachmann

  Function, Chiefs, Ability

  "What doctors have to say about Bachmann's migraines". www.nbcnews.com. July 20, 2011.

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• It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.

  Nathan Hale

  Order, Execution, Given

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• As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. I will evaluate conditions on the ground and solicit the best advice of our military commanders. And I will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects, but to the security of the nation.

  Mitt Romney

  Military, Successful, Goal

  Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno, Nevada, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. July 24, 2012.

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• The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear. I'm a commander guy.

  George W. Bush

  Guy, Decision, Congress

  "Veto Sustained, Bush Sits Down with Lawmakers". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. May 2, 2007.

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• My breathing slowed. I shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. I paused, looking over my shoulder to make certain I was alone. I drew her eye makeup, smudged by tears. In her watery eyes I drew the reflection of the commander, standing in front of her, his fist clenched. I continued to sketch, exhaled, and shook out my hands.

  Ruta Sepetys

  Eye, Makeup, Reflection

  Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.117, Penguin

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• I understood that Valek’s loyalty to the Commander was without question. His blue eyes held a fierce determination and I knew in my soul that Valek would take his own life after he had taken mine.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Loyalty, Determination, Taken

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.262, Harlequin

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• I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, People, Done

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• I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o.

  John Flanagan

  Stories, Lord, Tenants

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• As soon as the boy left the hall, Ramsey suggested that Brodick fill Gideon in on all that had transpired. "Our commanders are going to have to coordinate their efforts for the attack," he said. "Iain wants Winslow and Dylan and you to handpick the soldiers who'll ride with us into England." "We're attacking England?" Gideon asked, astonished. "No," Brodick answered. "Though the thought of it warms my heart.

  Julie Garwood

  Heart, Boys, Effort

  Julie Garwood (2010). “Ransom”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the Soviet Union . This wasn't very long ago, Alex.The collapse of communism. It was only in 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down." She stopped. "I suppose none of this means very much to you." "Well, it wouldn't," Alex said. "I was only two years old.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Wall, Mean, Army

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• Why did I follow her? If you must know, Sir, it was easy. Pound for pound, Puss-in-Boots was the best commander I ever served under.

  L.A. Meyer

  Boots, Pounds, Easy

  L. A. Meyer (2007). “Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber”, p.308, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.

  Winfield Scott Hancock

  Civil War, Doe, Gettysburg

  "Fictional character: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock". "Gettysburg", www.imdb.com. 1993.

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• Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

  Arleigh Burke

  Leadership, Navy, Use

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