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Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with. -- Ernie Pyle
Officers don't run, only corporals do that -- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Officers conditioned to conformity in peacetime cannot be expected to behave boldly and flexibly in combat. -- Paul Yingling
Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers. -- George S. Patton
Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung! -- Stonewall Jackson
Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S. -- Lovell Rousseau
Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination. -- David K. Shipler
The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent. -- Dick Cheney
What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad. -- Lawrence Eagleburger
The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix. -- Lawrence Eagleburger
When Yoko [Ono] and I got married, we got terrible racialist letters - you know, warning me that she would slit my throat. Those mainly came from Army people living in Aldershot. Officers. -- John Lennon
The true distinction ... between what is called a fine Regiment, and an indifferent one will ever, upon investigation, be found to originate in, and depend upon the care, or the inattention, of the Officers belonging to them. -- George Washington
Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example -- George S. Patton
I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact. -- Chesty Puller
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. -- Barbara Boxer
Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men became controlled by the one thought of getting as far as possible from the enemy. -- Henry Villard
It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading. -- George S. Patton
Officers, what offence have these men done? DOGBERRY Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves. -- William Shakespeare
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war. -- George S. Patton
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. -- Robert Burton
Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. -- Ridley Scott
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire PR officers. -- Daniel J. Boorstin
Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army. -- Bulent Ecevit
It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so. -- Zane Grey
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. -- Claude Adrien Helvetius
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. -- Grover Cleveland
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. -- Andrew Jackson
I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. -- Alan Autry
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own. -- Charles Hodge
You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. -- Mary Antin
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
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
At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program. -- Janis Karpinski
Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women. -- Andrea Jung
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. -- Antonio Villaraigosa
We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone. -- John Abizaid
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war. -- Asne Seierstad
Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform. -- Charles Babbage
A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class. -- Marcy Kaptur
In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony-even vicious harmony-on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. We have got to have officers who can create harmony across all those lines. -- James Mattis
Of all the officers of the Government, those of the Department of Justice should be kept most free from any suspicion of improper action on partisan or factional grounds, so that there shall be gradually a growth, even though a slow growth, in the knowledge that the Federal courts and the representatives of the Federal Department of Justice insist on meting out even-handed justice to all. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men. -- Sun Tzu
I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers. -- Jack Dee
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men. -- Chester W. Nimitz
A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket. -- Bill Dedman
The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. -- John Buford
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. -- Mary Frances Berry
Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it. -- Edward Snowden
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup. -- Orhan Pamuk
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law! -- Trey Gowdy
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely. -- Omar N. Bradley
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Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945. -- William Manchester
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. -- Barack Obama
Pray for someone else's child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There's no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer. -- Monica Johnson
In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends. -- Dirk Kempthorne
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. -- Ann Coulter
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. -- James Longstreet
Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family. -- Anushka Sharma
In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There were so many acts of heroism that day from so many people, whether it be firemen and police officers in New York and our agents also. -- Robert Mueller
No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head. -- Daryl Gates
Either we need to redefine what probable cause means and say that police are not subject to it, or we arrest officers right away just as we would with any other person accused of committing a crime. Either we write new laws or enforce existing ones; we cannot have it both ways. -- Al Sharpton
I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and other teachers, I wouldn't give up on them. I let them know it matters to me that you come to class, it matters to me that you try, it matters to me when you succeed. -- Erin Gruwell
There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers. -- Rudy Giuliani
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
Good police officers are ugly. -- Jo Nesbo
Nearly all Italian officers speak French. -- Hugh Dalton
I give no more paroles to British officers. -- Christopher Gadsden
Panic is something that good operations officers plan for. -- Tom Clancy
It's not lying when you do it to officers! -- Terry Pratchett
Most police officers are good cops and good people. -- Rand Paul
Demand candor from commanding officers, and weigh heavily their recommendations. -- Steve Womack
There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers. -- William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave. -- Heath Ledger
Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services. -- Thomas Jefferson
If you want to understand the causes of aggression, study police officers -- Steven Magee
Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians. -- Tom Clancy
I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. -- Bobby Seale
the only means by which field-grade officers can expect a promotion is combat. -- Oakley Hall
Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free. -- Anthony Wayne
I know there are officers who do good. There are a whole lot. -- Brandon Marshall
Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty. -- George Washington
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. -- Daniel J. Boorstin
The vast majority of law enforcement officers conduct themselves in really honorable, appropriate ways. -- Eric Holder
Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I really admire police officers, surgeons, or anyone who works in high stressed situations. -- Yasmin Paige
Gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the street and adding to crime. -- Stockwell Day
War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers. -- Edward Abbey
It does not pay to be friendly with officers, they take advantage of you. -- William Overgard
We need to rebuild bonds of trust between our police officers and our communities. -- Hillary Clinton
There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. -- Clint Eastwood
I regularly interact with officers over tea; it is part of my working style. -- Narendra Modi
The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it's the police officers, -- Christopher Dorner
Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work. -- Richard Overy
The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers. -- Thucydides
Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity. -- John Wilson
Many police officers watch for vehicles without headlights because it's a telltale of a drunk driver. -- Robert James Thomson
When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION. -- Sun Tzu
My favorite people to have fun with are police officers 'cause they're so serious, you know. -- Gabriel Iglesias
If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers. -- Kurt Masur
I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars. -- Maxine Waters
When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE. -- Sun Tzu
Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them. -- Stonewall Jackson
Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization. -- Erwin Rommel
I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers. -- Trent Lott
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year. -- James McGreevey
All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
With any new civilization... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that. -- Jimi Hendrix
I am going to get officers training to deescalate situations, ban racial profiling, and make body cameras available. -- Hillary Clinton
Not one of our national officers ever has had a dollar of salary. I retire on full pay! -- Susan B. Anthony
In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR. -- Bobby Sherman
Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion. -- Michael Morell
My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer. -- Bernie Mac
A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers. -- Joe Haldeman
Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. -- Phyllis Schlafly
We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. -- Hillary Clinton
I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers. -- Todd Tiahrt
The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would. -- Herman Melville
Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. -- Joe Orton

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