Officers Quotes · Page 7

The mental health of our law enforcement officers is too often ignored by our leaders in Washington.

— Madison Cawthorn

Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

— Bulent Ecevit

“I have nothing against gay officers, but its time to get your shit straight an leave the drag at home.”

— Khalia Hades

The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence.

— Peter James

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them.

— Stonewall Jackson

An [officer] is still a human being. When that fear kicks in, you never know what can happen.

— Method Man

I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.

— Todd Tiahrt

It is only the unexpected that ever makes a customs officer think.

— Freya Stark

As past presidents of the Liberal Party, we deeply regret and are greatly saddened by the precipitate action by some party officers…

— Florencio Abad

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

A policeman stopped me and said: Would you please blow into this bag, sir? I said: What for, officer? He said: My…

— Tommy Cooper

The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are writing about the balance of payments and…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense…

— Benjamin McKenzie

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

— Omar N. Bradley

The owner of a Florida massage parlor has been arrested by police. "There weren't any serious violations," said the officers, "she just…

— George Carlin

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being…

— Horatio Nelson

I remember thinking about how fun it would be to be a reporter. I had a dream, when I was little, to…

— Katia Winter

No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that…

— Daryl Gates

The most important Bible teaching that I remembered when I was in the Navy and when I was Commander-in-Chief, was that we…

— Jimmy Carter

My faith has helped me to adjust to life whether I was a small farm boy, a submarine officer, governor, president or…

— Jimmy Carter

The Constitution should contain a provision that every officer of the Government who should neglect or refuse to extend the protection guaranteed…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the…

— Hans von Seeckt

Every cop will tell you that their real job is being a social worker. That's what they do all day. The large…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my…

— George MacDonald Fraser

...should We consent to an order of Cincinnati consisting of all the Officers of the Army & Citizens of Consiquence in the…

— Elbridge Gerry

He picked up the letter Q and hurled it into a distant privet bush where it hit a young rabbit. The rabbit…

— Douglas Adams

The importance of making sure that the sense of accountability when, in fact, law enforcement is involved in a deadly shooting is…

— Barack Obama

Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk.…

— Eoin Colfer

We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted…

— Wesley Clark

The doctrine of vocation deals with how God works through human beings to bestow His gifts. God gives us this day our…

— Anonymous

“Colleague, given that I’m detached to go hunting bandits, I’d be grateful for the continued loan of your horses until we return.…

— Anthony Riches

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

— Chiang Kai-shek

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.

— Joe Haldeman

'Come back here, I'm a police officer!' and I shouted back 'No you're not! You're a monster!'

— Russell Howard

The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.

— Herman Melville

“A cop is a human creature born stupid and raised in stupidity.”

— Norman Mailer

The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely.

— Antony Beevor

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

— Ranulph Fiennes

All the drug dealers and gang members with whom I dealt had [a cell phone] long before any police officer I knew…

— Marc Goodman

I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

— Robert Burns