#comma

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#far #fools #master #more #other

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane. ↗

— Richard Perle

#assign #commander #computer #could #done

I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.' ↗

— David Petraeus

#commander #confident #ever #going #i

The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect. ↗

— David Petraeus

#art #best #bosnia #coalition #command

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#finer #his #keeps #language #mouth

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#budget #closer #come #commandments #golden

The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#because #being #christians #commandments #foundation

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

#air #anyone #chances #command #complete