Head of state Quote by Alistair Horne

“I suffer from the usual difficulty that besets the higher commander—things can be ordered and started, but actual execution at the front has to…

— Rick Atkinson

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

— Samuel Richardson

“Command isn’t just giving orders. It’s knowing the minds of those below you,”

— Karl Drinkwater

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.

— Nathan Hale

“This is how command passes from a weak officer to a stronger. No rank alters; no papers are filed. Without a word, every man…

— Steven Pressfield

“For the obedience he is owed by his subordinates, an officer accepts certain solemn obligations to them in return, and an officer's obligations to…

— John McCain

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those…

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Orsen Card

“Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.”

— Eldridge Cleaver

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.”

— Cherie Priest

“I was placed here to hold this post, and till I receive orders from my leader to quit it, here I am bound to…

— A.l.o.e