#officer

In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#army #character #i #i am #officer

Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#any #appointment #attempting #direct #god

We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities. ↗

— David E. Price

#bills #breaks #comes #communities #country

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#chief #chief executive #commissioner #credit #develop

The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#both #defence #jobs #lost #ministers

Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project. ↗

— Wolfgang Staudte

#interested #officer #only #project #russian

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#cited #company #corporate #corporations #enough

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. ↗

— Charles Edward Montague

#duties #front #his #inverse #line

I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No – no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop] ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#first-day #police-officer #journalism