Quotes About Commander In Chief

#1. The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And I think I could do that.

Lindsey Graham

#2. Angry Leontine Sergeant, angry Aerian Commander in Chief, slightly bored Dragon, and panicked human - you could practically call it a racial congress, with humans in their usual position.

Michelle Sagara

#3. When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.

Sun Tzu

#4. Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

John Cusack

#5. America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander in chief that believes in American exceptionalism again.

Bobby Jindal

#6. As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years.

Kit Bond

#7. I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.

Ani DiFranco

#8. We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in our history, bar none - including President Lincoln.

Nigel Hamilton

#9. Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.

Joe Pitts

#10. As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they're going there.

Howard Dean

#11. I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the Commander-in-Chief and two others, and left his Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed for life.

Charles B. Rangel

#12. I am fully prepared to be commander in chief ... I don't need on-the-job training.

John McCain

#13. We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not.

Rick Santelli

#14. There's a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back and you study the design of our country, it was really designed for the citizen statesman.

Benjamin Carson

#15. You can't flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.

Newt Gingrich

#16. As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and then you rely upon the generals and admirals and commanders to give you their expert advice on the tools needed to carry out that objective.

Ted Cruz

#17. As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.

Rowena Cherry

#18. A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#19. My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

Michele Bachmann

#20. One can look at John McCain and say that he's not ready to be commander-in-chief.

Rudy Giuliani

#21. I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.

George W. Bush

#22. Neither deficiencies nor disappointments, losses nor crosses, can cause disquieting discontents in that bosom where faith is commander in chief.

Thomas Watson

#23. At some point Billy realized he was expecting the president to act, well, embarrassed? Ashamed? For how fucked up everything obviously was. But the commander in chief seemed well pleased with the state of things.

Ben Fountain

#24. To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

Sarah Palin

#25. The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.

Ted Rall

#26. I intend to make America strong again. I'm going to be the champion of the middle class, where I came from. If you make me your president, our best days are ahead. I'm ready to be commander-in-chief, ladies and gentlemen, on day one. I intend to win a war that we cannot afford to lose.

Lindsey Graham

#27. A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

Oliver North

#28. When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his own personal, political gain.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

#29. To wage war, we need a commander in chief who has made tough calls in tough times and stood up to be held accountable over and over, not first-term senators who've never made an executive decision in their life.

Carly Fiorina

#30. During the debate, Palin winked, wrinkled her nose, and gave a shout-out to a third-grade class. Well, you know, that says commander-in-chief to me right there. You betcha!

David Letterman

#31. At the men's end of the table the talk grew more and more animated. The colonel told them that the declaration of war had already appeared in Petersburg and that a copy, which he had himself seen, had that day been forwarded by courier to the commander in chief.

Leo Tolstoy

#32. We need somebody ready to be commander-in-chief on day one, who understands there are no moderates in Iran; they've been killed a long time ago.

Lindsey Graham

#33. For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to take back America from a Commander-in-Chief that is incapable of understanding the sacrifices that have been made for the values that have made America great.

Ryan Zinke

#34. If I'm president, I'll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

Jeb Bush

#35. Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

Bernard Law Montgomery

#36. Donald [Trump] is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate, and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.

Renee Montagne

#37. If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.

Lindsey Graham

#38. Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on foreign policy. Foreign policy presents us often with hard choices, not black or white choices.

Marco Rubio

#39. Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans.

Jon Meacham

#40. The truth of the matter is, I will miss being the commander in chief of such a fabulous group of men and women
those who wear the uniform of the United States military.

George W. Bush

#41. But Jack, you're just a Captain and I'm the General. I order you not to go.
He tried to smile, ... These orders, he whispered, come from the Commander in Chief.

Nancy E. Turner

#42. War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.

Mark McKinnon

#43. ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.

Ted Cruz

#44. I thought that the administration needed bipartisan support, and I was for our commander-in-chief. Because I felt at that time it was the right thing do. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never voted for the war.

Ken Lucas

#45. So, the moral of that story, other than never underestimate an independent bookseller, was that the Continental Army and its commander in chief had a soft spot for Chief Artillery Officer Henry Knox.

Sarah Vowell

#46. If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.

Mahatma Gandhi

#47. When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do things that would technically break the law, he has to be able to declare it legal for them to do that.

Ronald Reagan

#48. I believe we should work and want to have the most powerful military, but hope we never have to use it. I strongly believe the military should know they are 100 percent supported by the commander in chief.

Phil Roe

#49. The day General Soleimani flew back from Moscow to Iran was the day we believed that Russia used cyber warfare against the joint chiefs. We need a new commander in chief that will stand up to our enemies.

Ted Cruz

#50. It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h

Napoleon Bonaparte

#51. National security, the government is in charge of that. And you better have a president that understand the threats we [the state] face and what we have to do about it. And if you can't articulate that as a candidate, you cannot be commander in chief.

Marco Rubio

#52. You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.

Lindsey Graham

#53. It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander in chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril

Joe Lieberman

#54. In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

Winston Churchill

#55. The Commander in Chief directs that Divine service be performed every Sunday at 11 o'clock ... It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men.

George Washington

#56. Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe? We need a commander in chief who does what Ronald Reagan did with communism, which is he set out a global strategy to defeat Soviet communism.

Ted Cruz

#57. I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.

Barack Obama

#58. I can tell you is all nine of the people here [ on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

Ted Cruz

#59. (President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself in power.

Carl T. Rowan

#60. Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.

Oliver North

#61. My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even if you have a commander in chief who has served in the military, that person still isn't engaged on a daily basis. The generals will know best.

Ralph Abraham

#62. I don't want some mom, whose son may have recently died, to see the commander in chief playing golf.

George W. Bush

#63. The conscious mind - the self or soul - is a spin doctor, not the commander in chief.

Steven Pinker

#64. We see a missile here, a bomb there - looks good on CNN. This is nonsense. This is not a strategy of a serious commander in chief.

Ted Cruz

#65. I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.

Kamisese Mara

#66. You know a constellation of imperishable values. Live by the mighty truth and power of God. Live above the sludge of a sick society. Live among dispirited humans as the vanguard of peace and good news. Remember, our Commander in Chief has no use for tin soldiers.

Carl F. H. Henry

#67. The picture. A great plain, comprising the entire Jerusalem district, where is the supreme Commander-in-Chief of the forces of good, Christ our Lord: another plain near Babylon, where Lucifer is, at the head of the enemy.

Ignatius Of Loyola

#68. When you kneel in prayer, don't give God orders, just report to your Commander in Chief for duty.

Michael Catt

#69. What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief.

Paul Ryan

#70. If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

Barack Obama

#71. The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploiting his role as Commander-in-Chief to expand on the imperial prerogatives of his office.

Andrew Bacevich

#72. When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

Joe Biden

#73. We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America.

Jeremiah Denton

#74. America needs a Commander in Chief, not a Global Community Organizer.

Liz Cheney

#75. I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

Don Young

#76. The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Donald Rumsfeld

#77. As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.

Rand Paul

#78. The American Dream has been defended, in every generation, by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for America. They are our greatest national treasure. They deserve a serious Commander-in-Chief.

Leon Panetta

#79. A commander in chief with military experience might be able to prod a conservative military into thinking more imaginatively.

Wesley Clark

#80. At the end of the day, I think I understand the dynamic that we face. And I'm best prepared to be commander in chief on day one, with all due respect to my other colleagues, including Hillary Clinton.

Lindsey Graham

#81. The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

William Falconer

#82. A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.

Michael Huffington

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

Claire McCaskill

#84. The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

Hillary Clinton

#85. The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#86. I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Fidel Castro

#87. 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

#88. It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.

Nathan Hale

#89. Despicable rabble," however, pretty much summed up George Washington's opinion of the troops when he arrived in Cambridge in July. In a letter to his brother John, the new commander in chief grumbled, "I found a mixed multitude of People here, under very little discipline, order, or Government.

Sarah Vowell

#90. We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.

Ted Cruz

#91. We cannot promote someone to Commander-in-Chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment Hillary Clinton has made.

Chris Christie

#92. When you're the commander in chief, you're the commander in chief on day one. You don't get like a six-month grace period. The world doesn't just stop and say, well, let's wait until the president catches up before we start challenging America.

Marco Rubio

#93. Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.

Hillary Clinton

#94. The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the state militia when called into the service of the United States. He holds this power in time of peace as well as in time of war.

Charles A. Beard

#95. You want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient.

Barack Obama

#96. The violation of press freedoms has been egregious under this administration, even as the press fetes President Obama as an honest and effective commander-in-chief.

Ben Shapiro

#97. Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.

Stephen Colbert

#98. The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

Horatio Nelson

#99. The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't.

Arthur L. Herman

#100. Strange it was that the British commander-in-chief, known for his chronic gambling, seemed to give no thought to how his American opponent might play his hand. O

David McCullough