For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common… — Bartholomew Roberts Copy Share Image
The only situation a commander can know fully is his own: his opponent's he can know only from unreliable intelligence. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We cannot promote someone to Commander-in-Chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment Hillary… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is just unfit, unprepared, just doesn't get it, shouldn't be the commander in chief of America. — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Donald Trump poses a serious threat to America, based on what he has said. He is unqualified to be president and he… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
The great commander, who seemed by expression of his visage to be always on the look-out for something in the extremest distance,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There's a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure… — Wilfred Burchett Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
Essentially Rumsfeld wins, Cheney wins, and the CIA and State Department lose. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld have more centralized control over intelligence,… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
Muhammad was, first of all, a Prophet of course, a beloved and lover of God, a father, an army commander, a judge,… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
What concerned me was that [James Mattis] played not only a critical role as a battlefield commander in Fallujah, but also, afterwards,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
We saw more evidence that [Doanld Trump] is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief. He trash-talked American generals, saying they… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being commander in chief is getting to know our men and women in uniform in a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander,… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To win that war [with radical Islamic extremists] we need a commander-in-chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush... — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Imagine being able to make it difficult for an ISIS commander to talk to his fighters in the field just by placing… — Dina Temple-Raston Copy Share Image
The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
I will be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander-in-chief can make about sending… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
After World War I, while France and other Allies were building military defenses modeled on trench warfare, German commanders were shaping a… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller… — Plutarch Copy Share Image