Officers Quotes - Page 21

• The biggest thing that will define my legacy is how I've done it, and what I've done, and who I am. I'm a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies. Do a lot of stuff. But always do things the right way. Went to the police academy to become a police officer. Get his master's in criminal justice, stayed out of trouble. Played for three different teams. Changed three different franchises around. This is a guy who they would have secret meetings about to change the rules. So, that's going to be my legacy: the most dominant player ever.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Team, Rap

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• Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religious, Saint, Body

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.349, Рипол Классик

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• Last year, the journalist Malcolm Gladwell conducted a survey of chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies for his book Blink. He discovered that while in the US population 14.5 per cent of all men are 6ft (1.83m) or taller, among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies the proportion is 58 per cent. And while 3.9 per cent of American adults are 6ft 2in or taller, almost a third of the CEOs were that tall.

  Daniel Finkelstein

  Book, Men, Years

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• In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, People, Hypocrisy

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1941, Volume 10”, p.40, Best Books on

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• The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Catholic, Atheism, Moments

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• Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, Army, Class

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.148, Random House

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• I always shoot at privates. It was they who did the shooting and killing, and if I could kill a wound a private, why, my chances were so much the better. I always looked upon officers as harmless personages.

  Sam Watkins

  War, History, Shooting

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• Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism - Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet.

  Philip Yancey

  Jesus, Organization, Feet

  Philip Yancey (2010). “Church: Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage”, p.62, Zondervan

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• There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologise specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested.

  Mel Gibson

  Apology, Night, Thinking

  "Gibson pleas for forgiveness as series is dropped" by Dan Glaister and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2006.

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• I am excited to be doing 'SVU' - I think there's a lot of inherent drama and a lot of inherent conflict in procedural shows. I have a lot of respect for police officers and the work that they do. There's a lot of nobility to depicting what these officers do on a day to day basis.

  Danny Pino

  Drama, Thinking, Police

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• The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds.

  Arleigh Burke

  Military, Differences, United States Navy

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• The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus.

  Edward Gibbon

  Two, History, Venus

  Edward Gibbon (1821). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.394

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• I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Country, Brother, Father

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages equally.

  Bill Dedman

  Sex, Race, Issues

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• I don't doubt for a moment that the revolution will result in a nonracial society. I have just come from being a patient in Groote Schuur Hospital where they now have integrated wards. For the first time in my life, I have seen it working. The patients were mixed, the staff was mixed, and the medical officers were mixed; it was totally integrated. It was beautiful. White and black together. And it works. To me that is terribly exciting.

  Helen Joseph

  Beautiful, Faith, White

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• Jan 1899 You must aim at the Staff College, but for the love of God never become a professional Staff Officer. Never lose touch with the troops. Remember that you serve the troops and it is the troops who matter. They are the folk who win victories, take care of your men and they will never let you down.

  Richard Meinertzhagen

  Military, Winning, College

  Richard Meinertzhagen (1964). “Diary of a Black Sheep”, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd 1964

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• All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are the troops led by the great Communist Party of China. Provided we constantly observe the directives of the Party, we are sure to win.

  Mao Zedong

  Party, Army, Winning

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.57, Lulu.com

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• In Chicago, having crashed his motorcycle into a car. According to police reports, his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and he told officers: Just charge me with the usual.

  Bob Probert

  Hockey, Blood, Car

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• In my opinion, the greatest sin in the church of Jesus Christ in this generation is ignorance of the Word of God. Many times I have heard a church officer say, "Well I don't know much about the Bible, but..." and then he gives his opinion, which often actually contradicts the Word of God! Why doesn't he know much about the Bible? These things were written aforetime for our learning. God wants you to know His Word.

  J. Vernon McGee

  Jesus, Ignorance, Giving

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  Now, I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because police officers call me 'sir'.

  Stephen Colbert

  Funny, Believe, Color

  "The Colbert Report", Season 3. Comedy, News, Talk-Show, 2007.

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• I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers.

  Allan Rock

  Country, Gun, Should Have

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• The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relationship between father and son, to the extent that officers, especially commanding officers, are responsible for the physical, mental, and moral welfare, as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command.

  John A. Lejeune

  Inspirational, Relationship, Teacher

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• If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be liable to be deceived by flatterers and pretenders to patriotism.

  Roger Sherman

  President, Would Be, Select

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• [T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty - that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.

  George Washington

  Country, Army, Fighting

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.149

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• Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.

  James Madison

  Ambition, Simple, Government

  James Madison, John Jay (1847). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.192

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