Ability Quote by Michele Bachmann

As a commander-in-chief what you do and what you say has real consequences.

— Stephanie Cutter

You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.

— Newt Gingrich

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

— John McCain

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

— Fidel Castro

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

— Arleigh Burke

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general…

— James R. Clapper

If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that…

— Jeb Bush

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…

— George W. Bush

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.

— Claire McCaskill

As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and then you…

— Ted Cruz

Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will not only…

— Tulsi Gabbard

It's certainly not helpful when the commander in chief is a critic of the intelligence community.

— James Clapper