Command Quotes
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The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.
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Paul commands the Church to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly when we meet together, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It seems clear here that style is not the important issue as much as the depth of content.
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France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.
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At the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks [about territories]. What command is given in this case in judo? You probably know better than I do: Yoshi (continue). So we will continue.
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Painting dissolves the forms at its command ... it melts them into color.
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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance.
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The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
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The results of our investigation indicated a poor command climate.
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We did a good job of being patient. Wakefield didn't have good command, and we did a good job of being patient and getting good swings. If we get on base, these guys do a job of driving us home.
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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
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Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
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Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
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I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and with several advantages that merit alone can never command.
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The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
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What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.
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He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something.
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To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand.
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Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
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Diversity in counsel, unity in command.
