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Here are officers enough in Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country. — Jane Austen

Apparently officers are not 'men'. Officers are 'officers'. — Aditi Mathur Kumar

The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. — John Buford

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman. — Horatio Nelson

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars. — Robert Burton

War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers. — Edward Abbey

Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work. — Richard Overy

It does not pay to be friendly with officers, they take advantage of you. — William Overgard

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds. — Arleigh Burke

An [officer] is still a human being. When that fear kicks in, you never know what can happen. — Method Man

With any new civilization ... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that. — Jimi Hendrix

The objective for each individual when you are pulled over by an officer of the law is to - Survive the Stop! — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

She found Emery and Mg. Aviosky talking to two disgruntled police officers. Or rather, Mg. Aviosky stood by silently while Emery yelled at them. — Charlie N. Holmberg

Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements. — David Ayer

Colin stared at the officer. Thorne, you scare me. I'm not ashamed to say it. — Tessa Dare

Every day, in every city and town across the country, police officers are performing vital services that help make their communities safer. — Eric Schneiderman

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. — Phyllis Schlafly

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. — Grover Cleveland

Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army. — Bulent Ecevit

I have nothing against gay officers, but its time to get your shit straight an leave the drag at home. — Khalia Hades

There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers. — Thucydides

While police officers who blatantly shaft the common people believe that they are God, they are the Devil to those that they wrong. — Steven Magee

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake. — Lord Randolph Churchill

I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers. — Allan Rock

Gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the street and adding to crime. — Stockwell Day

The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely. — Antony Beevor

A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators. — Shannon L. Alder

Don't be a hero. Leave that to them that started the war - the upper classes, the Conservatives, the officers. — Ken Follett

There is no excuse among professional officers for not having a 5000 year old mind. — Jay Luvaas

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity. — George Washington

There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. — Bernard Law Montgomery

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers. — Theresa May

Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets. — Eric Holder

I'm calling for us all to be The Inspired CEO, Conscious Evolutionary Officers of our own lives and businesses. — Tia Walker

A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket. — Bill Dedman

He became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing; — Rudyard Kipling

Most police officers are good cops and good people. — Rand Paul

We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. — Hillary Clinton

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure. — Irwin Redlener

It was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline that good soldier should dread his own officers far more than the enemy — Edward Gibbon

Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination. — David K. Shipler

I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. — Bobby Seale

It's not lying when you do it to officers! — Terry Pratchett

Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S. — Lovell Rousseau

The Christian in me says it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me says, 'I love to make a grown man piss himself.' — Charles Graner

In situations where the sane flee from danger, law enforcement officers sprint to engage it. — James Patterson

My favorite people to have fun with are police officers 'cause they're so serious, you know. — Gabriel Iglesias

I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars. — Maxine Waters

If one of her officers needed reprimanding, she would attend to it in private, just as she made it a point to deliver praise in public. — David Weber

Gen. Scott saw more through the eyes of his staff officers than through his own. — H.W. Brands

And it was an inflexible maxim of Roman discipline, that a good soldier should dread his officers far more than the enemy. — Edward Gibbon

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them. — Stonewall Jackson

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. — Andrew Jackson

In his day, liking someone like David Bowie would have been the domain of degenerate officers in black and white movies about nazis. — Jonathan Goldstein

One of the young officers was playing a piano in the corner, although not all the men were singing the same song. — Sebastian Faulks

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE. — Sun Tzu

Police officers, firefighters, EMTs - they are all out there every single day - literally just a phone call away for anyone who needs them. — Doreen Cronin

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers. — George S. Patton

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men. — Sun Tzu

A protect-yourself-first-and-foremost idea has subverted the mission of law-enforcement officers, just as it may have degraded the military's. — Ann Medlock

You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. — Mary Antin

Many police officers watch for vehicles without headlights because it's a telltale of a drunk driver. — Robert James Thomson

Panic is something that good operations officers plan for. — Tom Clancy

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION. — Sun Tzu

Oh, I thought that this day and age you maybe would be known as bovine custodial officers. — Tom Robbins

The only means by which field-grade officers can expect a promotion is combat. — Oakley Hall

I have never paid a policeman myself. I have never sanctioned, knowingly sanctioned, a payment to a police officer. — Rebekah Brooks

The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select. — Patricia Schroeder

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. — Henry Clay

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers. — David Ignatius

For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary ... — Patrick O'Brian

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy. — Claude Adrien Helvetius

I'm tempted to kill the general first, then his staff officers. Sometimes you just want to eat pudding early. All the same, I make myself wait. — David Gunn

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe. — Mary Frances Berry

In front of the officers, in front of Captain Phasma especially, they always used their appropriate designations, — Greg Rucka

No one knows how to do officering, Fred. That's why they're officers. If they knew anything, they'd be sergeants. — Terry Pratchett

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung! — Stonewall Jackson

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do at all with what intelligence officers really do. — David Ignatius

Vigorous public ball scratching is common in the combat-arms side of the Marine Corps, even among high-level officers in the midst of briefings. — Evan Wright

I really admire police officers, surgeons, or anyone who works in high stressed situations. — Yasmin Paige

thanks to the many police officers who over the years have given me an insight into their jobs and lives. I also want to ackowledge Tom Mangold — Michael Connelly

favorite junior officers (Weston was a first lieutenant — Nathan J. Allison

We have become so politically correct in this society it is causing us to become more and more incorrect; this is costing us lives. — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

Some of the school districts in my congressional district are looking at resource officers and how they secure that environment. — Marsha Blackburn

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life. — David Halberstam

Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure. — Vikram Batra

Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services. — Thomas Jefferson

The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus. — Edward Gibbon

But intelligence officers never really retire, they just slip into the shadows. — Stieg Larsson

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers. — Joe Haldeman

OFFICERS OF OUR GUERILLA MUST BE POETS.
THE AREA OF POETRY MUST BE CONSTANTLY RE-CREATED.
- Brion Gysin, Guerrilla Conditions, nd. — Brion Gysin

Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty. — George Washington

The two officers seemed more puzzled by Emily's costume than by the presence of a corpse in the Mercedes. Perhaps corpses were more regular. — Margaret Scherf

Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. — Ridley Scott

One solution might be to impose the duty on admissions officers to arbitrarily admit only half women and half men. — Phyllis Schlafly

The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would. — Herman Melville