#commander

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#george-r-r-martin #jon-snow #lord-commander-mormont #song-of-ice-and-fire #courage

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 to be able to use the forces. ↗

— 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 Missouri for 8 years. ↗

— Kit Bond

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Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers. ↗

— John Cusack

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All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good. ↗

— Bernard Law Montgomery

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The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop. ↗

— Mohammed Morsi

#armed #armed forces #commander #egypt #forces

Come all you thoughtless young men, a warning take by me And never leave your happy homes to sail the raging sea. ↗

— Patrick O'Brian

#aubreyad #master-and-commander #sea-shanty #the-far-side-of-the-world #home

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

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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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