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A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame. Sun Tzu

Good Benevolent Commander Fame

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander. T. E. Lawrence

Press Weapon Printing Printing Press Greatest Commander Greatest Weapon Modern

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations. Sun Tzu

Army Matters Liberal Relating Secret Secret Agent Intimate Those Given More Operations None Commander Close Than Confidential Rewards Agent Agents

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. Elie Wiesel

Army First Liberation Moses Perhaps Greatest Commander Chief Legislator

The story of FDR as U.S. Commander in Chief is a heroic war story of a president who had already overcome great adversity in facing polio but who went on to take the reins of our armed forces in the greatest conflagration in human history - on our behalf. Nigel Hamilton

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Our only president who has died as U.S. commander in chief in war is Franklin Delano Roosevelt - who died of a cerebral hemorrhage or massive stroke on April 12, 1945, only three weeks before the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces he had laid down as implacable Allied policy two years before. Nigel Hamilton

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When I hear Donald Trump say the American military is a disaster, I want to go through the screen and shake the guy. We ought to have a commander in chief who talks about our troops with respect and gratitude. Tim Kaine

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There are a lot of challenges Ofglen faces as a Handmaid. She has to live her life for the Commander of her home, Glen, and it is really a bleak life. She has no rights, and her main job is to keep him and the rest of the people in his house happy. Alexis Bledel

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, FDR committed a most visionary act: He appointed a Harvard historian to write the official account of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Samuel Eliot Morison was given the rank of lieutenant commander, with the right to interview anyone of whatever status. Alistair Horne

War World Whatever Interview Rank Visionary Harvard Status Lieutenant Given Write He Most Commander Historian Account Official Committed Anyone After Samuel Act Harbor Navy Right Pearl Pearl Harbor Appointed World War World War II

You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day. Antony Sher

Saying Day You Overwhelming Would Exciting Knight Empire Majesty Like Commander Expect Get Just Letter Her Appoint British British Empire

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. Bob Schieffer

Changed Boss He Obviously Makes Commander His Report Get Reporter Legitimate Story Decisions Certain Appeal Right Thinks

As the wife of a retired Navy commander and the representative of the district covering Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, I see firsthand the permanent effects of war - both physical and psychological - on those who serve our country. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

War Air Force Wife Country Our Air Those District Physical See Both Retired Force Permanent Firsthand Commander Covering Effects Representative Psychological Who Navy Washington Base Serve

Our three big emergencies are fire, loss of pressurization or contaminated atmosphere. Any of those things in a spaceship are very deadly and time critical. Everybody's trained, but I'm the commander of the ship, and it's up to me to decide. Chris Hadfield

Time Me Three Fire Big Everybody Our Those Critical Atmosphere Emergencies Contaminated Deadly Commander Loss Ship Up Very Trained Any Decide Spaceship Things

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.' Claire McCaskill

Say Would Guys Commander Chief Going Listen Ground Ever

As we used to say when I was privileged to be the commander there, Nineveh province has the most diverse human terrain in all of Iraq - Sunni Arab majority to be sure, but also Shia Arabs, numerous Kurdish communities, and they are broken out into several different political parties. David Petraeus

Broken Political Numerous Say Several Arab Out Arabs Sunni Diverse Most Parties Also Terrain Majority Sure Commander Kurdish Iraq Province Political Parties Privileged Human Different Used Communities

When I was commander of Central Command, obviously we were very concerned about the developments in Yemen, the developments in Somalia and elsewhere, in Africa and so forth. But the al Qaeda senior leadership is under unprecedented pressure. David Petraeus

I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said, 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan.' The only response can be, 'Yes, Mr. President.' David Petraeus

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I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon. Douglas Brinkley

Old Moon First Become Ladder Backpack Neil Only Armstrong Commander Years July Human Apollo Descended Eagle

Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual. Gary North

Bible People Training Word Christ Few Our See Unquestionably Only Through He True Supreme However Commander His Few People Which Manual Many Jesus Jesus Christ

The PMF should be loyal only to Iraq, not to anyone else: loyal to Iraqi official institutions, the commander in chief in the country, rather than political parties or any other force outside or inside Iraq. Haider al-Abadi

Political Country Other Else Inside Rather Only Outside Institutions Parties Force Commander Iraq Iraqi Chief Political Parties Than Official Any Anyone Anyone Else Should Loyal

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. J. F. C. Fuller

War Army World Witness Ending Men Nothing Telephone Battalion Dreadful More Leading Talking Boxes Commander Than Sitting Improvised Place Chain Actual Starting World War

In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria. Jack Keane

President Syria Out Recommended General Over Disastrous Force Forces Known Commander Iraq Now Level Rejected Consequence Pulled

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