Officers Quotes - Page 10

• There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the People but there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction to office of the chief executive officer of the nation that from the beginning of the Government the people to whose service the official oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn ceremonial

  Benjamin Harrison

  Government, Oath Of Office, People

  George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (2017). “Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition”, p.153, e-artnow sro

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• Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

  Horatio Nelson

  Gentleman, Seamen

  Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.214

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• I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political debate. I have been sorely tempted to launch a military attack on foreigners, and have felt the frustration of having to negotiate with allies or even former enemies to reach a consensus instead of taking more decisive unilateral action.

  Jimmy Carter

  Military, Ambition, Frustration

  Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.429, Simon and Schuster

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• We cannot find God for the same reason that a thief can't find a police officer.

  Michael Horton

  Police, Thieves, Reason

  Michael Horton (2011). “Putting Amazing Back Into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel”, p.46, Baker Books

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• If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Real, Loss, Government

  "Priebe & Sons., Inc. v. United States, 332 U.S. 407". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. November 17, 1947.

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• Growth at an exceptional rate is a red flag in banking. It is hard enough to manage an ordinary bank; to control a sprouting weed is well-nigh impossible. If loans are expanding too quickly, the lending officers have probably been saying 'yes' too frequently.

  James Grant

  Weed, Red Flags, Growth

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• Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion.

  Michael Morell

  Tables, Facts, Intelligence Officers

  "Flawed Intelligence In The 'War Of Our Time'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.

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• For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.

  Arleigh Burke

  Powerful, War, Mean

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• Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if he doesn't follow the policy of the government - though he himself does not believe in that policy.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Believe, Government

  Source: profitmagazin.com

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• Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way you shall go.

  William Shakespeare

  Sleep, Men, Thinking

  William Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Hanmer, Alexander Pope, Nicholas Rowe (1744). “The Works of Shakespear: Tragedies: Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossary”, p.207

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• Good police officers are ugly.

  Jo Nesbo

  Police, Ugly, Police Officer

  Jo Nesbo (2009). “Nemesis: A Harry Hole Novel”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems.

  Jonathan Zittrain

  Phones, Law, Car

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• I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.

  Aubrey de Grey

  Medicine, Foundation, Aging

  "Speaker interview: Aubrey de Grey". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2010.

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• They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they're under attack from the federal government at the highest levels. So that's something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.

  William Bratton

  Leadership, Reality, Government

  "NYC police commissioner says cops 'feel under attack' from White House, Justice Department". www.foxnews.com. December 28, 2014.

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• The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.

  Herman Melville

  Evil, Worst, Ifs

  Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1765, Delphi Classics

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• My habit of attacking Huns dangling from their parachutes led to many arguments in the mess. Some officers, of the Eton and Sandhurst type, thought it was 'unsportsmanlike' to do it. Never having been to a public school, I was unhampered by such considerations of form. I just pointed out that there was a bloody war on, and that I intended to avenge my pals.

  James Ira Thomas Jones

  War, School, Pals

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• Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the service, and yet at the heart unchangingly of the Service

  Rudyard Kipling

  Heart, Men, Submarines

  Rudyard Kipling (2015). “The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings (Kim, The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…)”, p.5822, e-artnow

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• I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.

  Tracy Morgan

  Growing Up, Police, Bed

  "Tracy Morgan ‘Cop Out’ Interview with Kam Williams". newsblaze.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.

  Wong Kar-wai

  Mean, Police, Uniforms

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. October 10, 2008.

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• In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely on the willing obedience of the rank and file.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Moral, Obedience

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• We've all had some level of injustice, whether 20 years in prison, or 20 minutes sitting in your car waiting for a police officer to determine your future. Or even a few moments in an elevator with some woman clutching her purse thinking you're going to rob her ¾ regardless of celebrity, that has happened to me.

  Denzel Washington

  Thinking, Years, Car

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so. It is no doubt unfortunate when a suspect who is in sight escapes, but the fact that the police arrive a little late or are a little slower afoot does not always justify killing the suspect.

  Byron White

  Sight, Police, Doubt

  Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 1985.

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• I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.

  Maxine Waters

  Boys, White, Car

  "FBI Probing Videotaped Beating". CNN.com, July 10, 2002.

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• Effective policing relies on the police having the confidence of the communities they serve, and this consultation gives the public an opportunity to contribute to the values and standards they expect of police officers.

  Hazel Blears

  Opportunity, Giving, Community

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• The four BIAs in the area support it. Operational benefits include accessibility and a place for police officers to come and go when they're working. Everyone's clamoring for more police presence.

  Julian Fantino

  Support, Police, Benefits

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