Officers Quotes - Page 13

• The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

  George Washington

  Government, Political, Suffering

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.74, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional officers are trained to think in terms of emergent threats, and this [climate change] is as big a threat as you are going to find. Never mind what the pundits are telling the public about the perils of climate change; what are the military strategists telling their governments? That will tell us a great deal about the probable shape of the future, although it may not tell us anything that we want to hear.

  Gwynne Dyer

  Country, Stress, Military

  "Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats". Book by Gwynne Dyer, 2008.

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• Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)

  Mae West

  Home, Sassy, Police

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• I suggest that all who listen to my voice would benefit by an examination of the lives of those we sustain as general officers of the Church. You will find some important examples among them and come to know those who have "a perfect heart."

  Monte J. Brough

  Heart, Voice, Perfect

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• I'm an Air Force officer first, a pilot second and then Nicole. The female part is last. . . . My job is to be the best right wingman that I can be.

  Nicole Malachowski

  Jobs, Women, Air

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• He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

  Thomas Jefferson

  People, Office, Substance

  Declaration of Independence (1776)

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• Some intelligence officers filed reports saying that this is a dangerous group, but at one level it was not forwarded, it was just ignored.

  Yoweri Museveni

  Groups, Levels, Ignored

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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

  Order, Execution, Given

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• We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, War, Winning

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• Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are mutual. They ought to be able to act together as one. But they divide according to craft and calling, and if you were to propose today to unite them that they might actually do something to advance their collective and individual interests as workers, you would be opposed by every grand officer of these organizations.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Organization, Together, Different

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• I got in a fight with my girlfriend," I said. "I was just driving around, blowing off steam, you know?" Well, you should be more careful where you drive," the officer said. "You're making people nervous. You don't fit the profile of the neighborhood." I wanted to tell him that I didn't fit the profile of the country but I knew it would just get me into trouble.

  Sherman Alexie

  Country, Girlfriend, Fighting

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, p.201, Open Road Media

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• The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

  David Baldacci

  Military, Writing, Soldier

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• I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, Brave, Soldier

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.476, Library of America

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• At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.

  Warren Buffett

  Book, Risk, Faults

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• Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.

  Geoffrey Wheatcroft

  War, British Soldiers, Victory

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• The verdicts today should send the message that within the police department there is no greater betrayal of the badge and of the brotherhood than to ensnare another officer in a web of lies and deceit.

  Loretta Lynch

  Betrayal, Lying, Police

  "New York Jury Convicts Three Officers on Charges Related to Torture of Abner Louima". "World Today" with Jim Moret, www.cnn.com. March 6, 2000.

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• As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as the murder of a child or the murder of a police officer. The events of September 11 convinced me that terrorists also deserve the ultimate punishment.

  Howard Dean

  Children, Believe, Punishment

  "The Flip-Flops of Howard Dean: What he said then. What he says now. What happened" by William Saletan and Avi Zenilman, www.slate.com. September 11, 2003.

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• My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority. A musician, after all, is not a mili- tary officer. What matters most is human contact. The great mys- tery of music making requires real friendship among those who work together. Every member of the orchestra knows I am with him and her in my heart.

  Carlo Maria Giulini

  Real, Heart, What Matters

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• When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing - a vice little known heretofore in the American army - is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect "that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly."

  George Washington

  Fashion, Sorry, Army

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• Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

  William Penn

  Hands, Clean, Ability

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.55, Courier Corporation

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• In whatever country you live, however young or inadequate you feel, or however aged or limited you see yourself as being, I testify you are individually loved of God, you are central to the meaning of His work, and you are cherished and prayed for by the presiding officers of His Church. The personal value, the sacred splendor of every one of you, is the very reason there is a plan for salvation and exaltation.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Country, Church, Exaltation

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• When we sink, we become a revolutionary proletariat, the subordinate officers of all revolutionary parties; at the same time, when we rise, there rises also our terrible power of the purse.

  Theodor Herzl

  Party, Purses, Revolutionary

  Theodor Herzl (2006). “The Jewish State”, p.23, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• For years we have been counseled to have on hand a year's supply of food. Yet there are some today who will not start storing until the Church comes out with a detailed monthly home storage program. Now suppose that never happens. We still cannot say we have not been told. Should the Lord decide at this time to cleanse the Church- and the need for that cleansing seems to be increasing- a famine in this land of one year's duration could wipe out a large percentage of slothful members, including some ward and stake officers. Yet we cannot say we have not been warned.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Home, Hands, Years

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• To a police officer, a sawed off shotgun is the ultimate nightmare. You can blow someone in half!

  Steven Seagal

  Blow, Police, Half

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• It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the people to posses the additional advantages of local governments chosen by themselves, who could collect the national will, and direct the national force; and of officers appointed out of the militia, by these governments and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned, in spite of the legions which surround it.

  James Madison

  Government, Europe, People

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