Second Lieutenant Quotes

#1. The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#2. I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

Smedley Butler

#3. Because I was into like proving myself, which was one of the big things that ah, that the whole military experience sort of offers a kid at that age, um, I went to officer candidate school. Um, and I graduated as a second lieutenant at the age of nineteen.

Peter P. Mahoney

#4. From night problems we learned one lasting lesson: when a map and a compass come into contact with a second lieutenant, prepare yourself for confusion. Throughout,

Robert Leckie

#5. A young and clueless second-lieutenant straight out of the factory, I was very much surplus to the requirements.

Patrick Hennessey

#6. I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General.

Smedley Butler

#7. When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#8. The world is on fire, I thought wildly. See it burn and oh, my God, it burns for us.

T.J. Klune

#9. He is appointed Lieutenant Colonel, second-in-command of the Twentieth Maine Regiment of Volunteers.

Jeff Shaara

#10. Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.

Hamadoun Toure

#11. Texas Red is about the biggest blues hellraiser you'll ever meet ...

Bob Corritore

#12. Creating light is a wiz; sharing that light is witty and protecting that light is a great honour!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#13. When Kennedy said, 'Let's go to the moon,' we didn't yet have a vehicle that wouldn't kill you on launch. He said we'll land a man on the moon in eight years and bring him back. That was an audacious goal to put forth in front of the American people.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson