Commander Quotes
196 quotes by 157 authors
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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to…
— Henry Adams
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When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him…
— Joe Biden
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As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in…
— Christopher Bond
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Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
— Arleigh Burke
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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
— Fidel Castro
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Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than…
— Sun Tzu
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As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.
— Leroy Chiao
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When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before…
— Sun Tzu
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When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.
— Sun Tzu
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The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
— Augustus
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When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and effectiveness. His habit…
— H. L. Mencken
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Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen. William…
— Hal Moore
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No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
— Winston Churchill
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A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.
— Omar N. Bradley
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General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he…
— Douglas MacArthur
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The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their…
— Erwin Rommel
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