Commanders Quotes · Page 2

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

— George S. Patton

We need to have a commander-in-chief who knows what she is doing.

— John R. Allen

Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

— Ishida Mitsunari

One can look at John McCain and say that he's not ready to be commander-in-chief.

— Rudy Giuliani

You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.

— Newt Gingrich

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

— Ulysses S. Grant

There are but few commanders who properly appreciate the value of celerity.

— Stonewall Jackson

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

— Aristotle

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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

— Sarah Palin

I think what more and more Americans are concluding is that Donald Trump is not a man who is qualified to be…

— Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.

— Marco Rubio

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and…

— Abraham Lincoln

To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons.

— George W. Bush

Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy.

— Jack Nicholson

I moved to Louisiana to become the executive Chef at Commander's Place. And I must say I had some encouragement from friends…

— Emeril Lagasse

The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight;…

— Mao Zedong

Who knows better than you what it means to have a commander-in-chief who lived his entire life, who lived throughout the entire…

— Bret Stephens

But if that's not enough, then consider this: if the Night's Watch are truly brothers, then Lord Commander Mormont was our father.…

— Jon Snow

The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The judgment that every voter is making of every one of us [running for presidency] who has the experience, who has the…

— Ted Cruz

By releasing these five top Taliban commanders, the U.S. is demonstrating that it is throwing in the towel in the long struggle…

— Jonathan S. Tobin

“weaker commanders would get a solid explanation about the burden of command and the deep meaning of responsibility: the leader is truly…

— Jocko Willink

“The appearance of precision and order are so important to military commanders because they are generally idiots who couldn’t plan a decent…

— Stan Goff

There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank.…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in…

— Erich von Manstein

As Commander in Chief, I will maintain the strongest military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those…

— Barack Obama

I would let the military commanders give the commander in chief options rather than tell them what you want to hear. Not…

— Jeb Bush

I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from…

— John F. Kennedy

The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve…

— Barack Obama

Americans are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. We are at war with the ISIS caliphate, and what we need is a…

— Mike Pence

Parcells is one of the all-time great commanders and motivators.

— Skip Bayless

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

— Fernando Pessoa

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.

— Barack Obama

I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.

— Horatio Nelson

Coalition forces have encountered serious violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by…

— George W. Bush

“-commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over…

— Orsen Card

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.

— Erwin Rommel

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte