Commander Quotes
196 quotes by 157 authors
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In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces.…
— James Keller
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Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me…
— Joshua Slocum
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It is the Creator´s Grand Army, and he is the Commander-in-Chief... With these facts before you, now try to guess man´s chiefest pet name for…
— Mark Twain
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The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job.
— Henry Rollins
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Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead and that is…
— Kiefer Sutherland
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You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.
— Newt Gingrich
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For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to…
— Ryan Zinke
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I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to…
— George W. Bush
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I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing…
— George W. Bush
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The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- Im a…
— George W. Bush
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I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.
— George W. Bush
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I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,
— George W. Bush
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At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd make a good…
— Orson Scott Card
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My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.
— Michele Bachmann
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief.
— Nathan Hale
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There are times when a corps commander’s life does not count.
— Winfield Scott
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An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the…
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they…
— Alexander Hamilton
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But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If…
— Peter Kropotkin
Who Wrote These Commander Quotes
157 authors contributed a total of 196 Commander Quotes, led by these top contributors: