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Quotes About Command

Most people don't care who's in charge as long as someone is.
~ Tanya Huff
Men are no different from your automata; slip a bloke a piece of paper with the proper figures on it, and he'll do your bidding.
~ Ted Chiang
For Sehra who broke the silence of hypocrisy, that Allah consistently says he hates; in the dictionary meaning of Satan out of 3 – 1 is hypocrisy – So – while many misguided people around the world will condemn you – Allah will love you for following his command. I am very proud of you and can assure you that from here on you will find yourself transformed for a greater purpose. My love and prayers.
~ Tehmina Durrani
If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.
~ George Q. Cannon
As husbands, I think one reason we have some trouble with Paul's command to love our wives "as Christ loved the church," is that we don't really fully know how Christ loves the church.
~ Scott Means
We want playmates we can own.
~ Jules Feiffer
Sometimes I am God, if I say a man dies, he dies that same day.
~ Pablo Escobar
A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare stay at home. The command is so plain: "Go."
~ Lottie Moon
Man is more powerful than matter.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.
~ Erwin Rommel
A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.
~ Abdul Sattar Abu Risha
The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.
~ Oscar Wilde
You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.
~ Terry Pratchett
Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.
~ George S. Patton
Only three men in the Confederate army knew what I was doing or intended to do; they were Lee and Stuart and myself.
~ John S. Mosby
Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man ... , keep alive for yourselves.
~ Moses
You pick out the big men! I'll make them brave!
~ Pyrrhus of Epirus
I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
~ John Buford
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One man, one horse, one holocaust on demand.
~ Janet Morris
I am a man who likes to control things, and if I can't control them totally I will not control them at all.
~ Lars von Trier
You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
~ Robert E. Lee
Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
~ Charles de Gaulle
Sir, if you ask a Marine if he wants another cigarette, or if he's ready, the answer is always the same, sir!
~ Neal Stephenson