Commanders Quotes · Page 6

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

I am convinced that nothing but the hand of God can save us or help us as long as we have our…

— James Long

Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The day General Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believed that Russia used cyber warfare against the…

— Ted Cruz

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

— Harvey Mackay

As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Tim Kaine

A commander should have a profound understanding of human nature, the knack of smoothing out troubles, the power of winning affection while…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

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

[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

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

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

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 believe that one can't command sitting on one's ass in the rear. One has to up among the forward brigade commanders,…

— Christopher Vokes

In 2004, I went to Israel and gave a speech that resulted in guns and ammunition being given to the South Sudanese…

— Kola Boof

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

— Oliver North

I am myself my own commander. [Lat., Egomet sum mihi imperator.]

— Plautus

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the…

— Robert E. Lee

Whenever I spoke with anybody who said they did not have a problem in the military it was because their commander treated…

— Amy Ziering

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

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.

— Lord Randolph Churchill

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep…

— Winston Churchill

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

— Omar N. Bradley

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

— Marco Rubio

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

— Charles Dickens