There can only be one Commander-in-Chief. In these times, crises cannot be managed and wars cannot be waged by committee. To the e...ars of the world, the President speaks for the nation. While he is of course ultimately accountable to Congress, the courts, and the people, he and his emissaries must not be handicapped in advance in their relations with foreign governments as has sometimes happened in the past.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My friends you want a speech, but I cannot make one at this time. I must have opportunity to think. Undue importance might be give...n to what I said. However, there is one thing I will do. You have a band with you. There's one piece of music I've always liked. Heretofore, it hasn't seemed the proper thing to use it in the North. But now by virtue of my prerogative as President and Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy, I declare it contraband of war and our lawful prize. I ask the band to play "Dixie."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The American Civil War was the first modern war. It is true that the Crimean War, some eight years earlier, has resemblances with ...the American conflict. There is the awakening of public concern for the care of casualties, a concern which had grown with medical knowledge. But the Crimean War was fought in a small area. It was fought by professional soldiers--the British commander-in-chief directed operations from his private yacht to which he returned to dine and sleep every night--and the casualties, though heavy, were less than half of those suffered in America, where a million men died in the field, the hospitals and the prison camps. The Civil War involved everyone, the armies became conscript armies almost at once. The professional soldiers were put to the task of training the man in the street.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
[Oliver North is a] document-shredding, Constitution-trashing, Commander in Chief-bashing, Congress-thrashing, uniform-shaming, Ay...atollah-loving, arms-dealing, criminal-protecting, résumé-enhancing, Noriega-coddling, Social Security-threatening, public school-denigrating, Swiss-banking-law-breaking, letter-faking, self-serving, election-losing, snake-oil salesman who can't tell the difference between the truth and a lie.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of goo...d, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I listen to hear the voice of a Governor, Commander-in-Chief of the forces of Massachusetts. I hear only the creaking of crickets ...and the hum of insects which now fill the summer air. The Governor's exploit is to review the troops on muster days. I have seen him on horseback, with his hat off, listening to a chaplain's prayer. It chances that that is all I have ever seen of a Governor. I think that I could manage to get along without one. If he is not the least use to prevent my being kidnapped, pray of what important use is he likely to be to me? When freedom is most endangered, he dwells in the deepest obscurity. A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a Governor.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Chief Inspector Dreyfus: What about the maid? Inspector Clouseau: The maid?... Chief Inspector Dreyfus: Was he jealous of her, too? He strangled her. Inspector Clouseau: It's possible that his intended victim was a man and he made a mistake. Chief Inspector Dreyfus: A mistake? In a nudist camp? Inspector Clouseau: Nobody's perfect.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Inspector Clouseau: Do I detect something in your voice that says I am in disfavor with you? Chief Inspector Dreyfus: Yes. I ...wish you were dead. Inspector Clouseau: Well, of course, you are entitled to your opinion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Inspector Clouseau: How can a blind man be a lookout? Chief Inspector Dreyfus: How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me tha...t! Inspector Clouseau: It's very simple. All he has to do is enlist.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »