Officers Quotes - Page 2

• In my proper character, an officer of the United States army.

  Zebulon Pike

  Character, Army, United States

  "The Boy's Story of Zebulon M. Pike".

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• With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman.

  Jeffrey Hunter

  Sex, Philosophical, Men

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• My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

  Kathleen Turner

  Daughter, Mother, Father

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• As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families.

  Allen Boyd

  Jobs, Army, Air

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• In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Thinking, White, Southern

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• Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.

  Colin Powell

  Teacher, Children, School

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• Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

  Horatio Nelson

  Country, Believe, Forgiving

  Horatio Nelson's statement regarding the attack on Bastia, Corsica (May 3, 1794) as quoted in "The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Volume I: 1777-1794" edited by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (p. 393), 1845.

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• Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have already mentioned, enabled me to gain much important information as to the position and designs of the enemy.

  Belle Boyd

  Design, Enemy, Important

  Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.76

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• Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

  Horatio Nelson

  Pain, War, Sea

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• Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.

  Robert Mugabe

  Gun, People, Together

  ""Our Votes, Our Guns: Robert Mugabe and the Tragedy of Zimbabwe". Book by Martin Meredith, 2002.

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• I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

  James A. Michener

  Writing, Army, Nurse

  "Tales of the South Pacific". Book by James A. Michener, 1947.

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• The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.

  Mario Cuomo

  Long, Police, Muggers

  The New Republic, April 04, 1985.

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• When we talk about justice in America we're really talking about justice brought about by the people, not by judges who are tools of the establishment or prosecutors who are are equally tools of the establishment or the wardens or the police officers.

  William Kunstler

  America, Talking, People

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• My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage.

  Joshua Chamberlain

  Men, Fire, Wings

  Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1994). “Bayonet! Forward: my Civil War reminiscences”, Butternut & Blue

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• The Communists were interested in getting into key positions as union officers, statisticians, economists, etc., in order to utilize the apparatus of the unions to promote the cause of revolution.

  John T. Flynn

  Keys, Order, Unions

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• In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

  Dirk Kempthorne

  Friendship, Jobs, Law

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• Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.

  William Manchester

  Navy, Dresses, Guests

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• The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.

  Lawrence Eagleburger

  Community, Understanding, Mind

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• It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.

  John Jay Hooker

  Law, Advice, President

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• In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There were so many acts of heroism that day from so many people, whether it be firemen and police officers in New York and our agents also.

  Robert Mueller

  New York, People, Police

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• Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.

  Sean Bean

  Character, Fighting, Class

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• Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Hair, Police, Facts

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• I will say that since our capture we have met with uniform kindness, and while in the penitentiary our relations with the officers have been cordially pleasant, and for their considerate and kind disposition we feel profoundly grateful.

  Cole Younger

  Kindness, Grateful, Uniforms

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• Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

  Andrew Jackson

  Pregnancy, Power, Government

  Andrew Jackson (1835). “Annual messages, veto messages, protest, &c. of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States”, p.197

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• The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Tvs, Embedded

  "A NATION AT WAR: THE VICE PRESIDENT; After Weeks of Criticism, Cheney Claims Vindication as Iraqis Hail Outcome of War" by Richard W. Stevenson and Eric Schmitt, www.nytimes.com. April 10, 2003.

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