Commander in chief Quotes · Page 2

If Donald Trump were to win this 2017 election, we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his…

— Hillary Clinton

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

I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

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

— Wesley Clark

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

The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And…

— Lindsey Graham

My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe, and that's what we've done over the last…

— Barack Obama

The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president…

— Hillary Clinton

The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself,…

— Horatio Nelson

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

The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security…

— Chuck Hagel

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

“knew that the result of a battle is decided not by the orders of a commander in chief, nor the place where…

— Leo Tolstoy

Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe? We need a commander in chief who does what Ronald Reagan…

— Ted Cruz

America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander…

— Bobby Jindal

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

“One great deception, however, underscored the entire Bergdahl Kabuki. It was the same one that underscored Obama’s role as commander in chief:…

— Jack Cashill

Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate…

— Nancy Gibbs

The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution…

— Ted Cruz

I call George W. Bush a radical because he is undertaking a fundamental transformation of our Constitutional system of government and of…

— Sidney Blumenthal

[Oliver North is a] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ayatollah-loving, arms-dealing, criminal-protecting, résumé-enhancing, Noriega-coddling, Social Security-threatening, public school-denigrating, Swiss-banking-law-breaking, letter-faking,…

— Chuck Robb

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“p. 274 ...his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not...a sign that he had conquered…

— Joseph J. Ellis

“In the old days, privilege came with obligations—except for the small class of intellectuals who served a patron or, in some cases,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be…

— Renee Montagne

The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander…

— Tim Kaine

One thing Ive learned as commander in chief: Youve got to be clear, both to our allies & our enemies, about where…

— Barack Obama

I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.

— Ani DiFranco

I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief,…

— Kamisese Mara

If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Michael Catt

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

— Michele Bachmann

One of the things that's very troubling to voters about Donald Trump is his erratic behavior, his lack of good temperament to…

— Robby Mook

I wish I were the Commander in Chief in India... I should do my utmost to exterminate the Race upon whom the…

— Charles Dickens

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

— Don Young

I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to…

— William Weld

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

— Fidel Castro

I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or…

— George W. Bush

A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting…

— Oliver North

ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep…

— Ted Cruz