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• For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men’s command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

  Theodore H. White

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  Tags in Authority, Time, Moment, Find, Break, Sooner, Command, Men

• I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

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  Tags in Tasted, Command

• A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

  Ralph W. Sockman

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  Tags in Character, Time, Man, Command

• Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

  Robert Benchley

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  Tags in Drawing, Language, Command

• If you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.

  Thomas Fuller

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  Tags in Command

• I’m a writer first and an editor second… or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don’t claim to have all of them at my command.

  Lynn Abbey

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  Tags in Editor, Command

• A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

  Victor Hugo

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  Tags in Dignity, Command

• It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

  Victor Hugo

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  Tags in Woman, Obey, Command

• Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

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  Tags in Command

• When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care – and to the mail.

  William Westmoreland

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  Tags in Vietnam, Command

• Those who can command themselves command others.

  William Hazlitt

  Topics in Leadership

  Tags in Command

• While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.

  John Yoo

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  Tags in Uniforms, Obeying, Command

• Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love’s dysmorphic command.

  Isabel Yosito

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  Tags in Dear, Relinquish, Close, Command

• With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.

  Topics in Chinese Proverbs, Money

  Tags in Command