Officers Quotes - Page 4

• Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

  Henry Clay

  Trust, Government, People

  Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Whig, March 5, 1829-December 31, 1836”, p.42, University Press of Kentucky

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• Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

  Arleigh Burke

  Leadership, Navy, Use

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• What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

  Ian Hamilton Finlay

  Tree, Events, Stones

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• In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.

  Karen Hughes

  Mom, Mother, Running

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• A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

  Jack Adams

  Class, Yeoman, Firsts

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• The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.

  Joseph Wambaugh

  Police, Onions, Fields

  Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.

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• My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.

  Alexandra Kosteniuk

  Dad, Army, Things In Life

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• Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.

  Lawrence Eagleburger

  World, Ambassadors, Ability

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• I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

  James Stockdale

  Fighter

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• It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.

  Martin Van Buren

  Country, Government, Punishment

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.11

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• All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

  Janet Napolitano

  Technology, Use, Location

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• In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.

  Bruno Schulz

  Father, Night, Play

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• I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker.

  Cofer Black

  Makers, Intelligence Officers, Policy

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• We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.

  Meg Whitman

  Jobs, Business, California

  "The Kudlow Report" with Larry Kudlow, www.cnbc.com. July 16, 2010.

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• However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.

  Frederick Reines

  School, Technology, Encounters

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• Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the execution itself. All three stages are governed by the will. The will is rooted in character, and for the man of action character is of more critical importance than intellect. Intellect without will is worthless, will without intellect is dangerous.

  Hans von Seeckt

  Military, Character, Men

  Hans von Seeckt (1930). “Thoughts of a Soldier”

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• I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps."

  Joshua R. Sands

  Military, War, Marine

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• Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

  Horatio Nelson

  Mistake, Gentleman, Enemy

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• The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

  Joshua Chamberlain

  Military, Future, Noble

  Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Jeremiah E. Goulka (2004). “The grand old man of Maine: selected letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914”, The University of North Carolina Press

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• The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.

  Frank Serpico

  Children, Believe, Fighting

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• One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.

  Smedley Butler

  Marine, Six, Twenties

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• Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God

  Orson Pratt

  Law, Uprising, People

  Orson Pratt, John Taylor, William Gibson (O.B.E.) (1851). “A Series of Pamphlets”, p.21

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• An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Long, Matter, Chief Executives

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• A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law.

  Marc Morial

  Law, Police, Uniforms

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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