Command Quotes

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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next… — Laozi
That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have. — Pittacus of Mytilene
Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him. — Norman Cousins
The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their… — Thomas Gray
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I… — George Washington
Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey;… — Dorothy Parker
I am not a capitalist soldier; I am a proletarian revolutionist. I do not belong to the regular army of the plutocracy, but to the… — Eugene V. Debs
Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th'… — Finley Peter Dunne
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal. — Sappho
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. — Ovid
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept — Robert Bork
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance — Margery Allingham
Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who… — Robertson Davies
And nobler is a limited command, Given by the love of all your native land, Than a successive title, long and dark, Drawn from the… — John Dryden
The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. — Thomas F. Wilson
A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show… — Walter Scott
I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis… — Eileen Collins
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. — Margaret J. Wheatley
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he… — George Orwell

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