Commander In Chief Quotes

Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief – a critical test for many Americans.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

If I’m president, I’ll be a commander-in-chief, not an agitator- in-chief or a divider-in-chief, that I will lead this country in a way that will create greater security and greater safety.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief… I don’t need on-the-job training.

The word ‘hero’ has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.

Donald Trump is just unfit, unprepared, just doesn’t get it, shouldn’t be the commander in chief of America.

My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he’s a chaos candidate and he’d be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.

The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

You can’t flip-flop and be commander-in-chief.

We need a president who will lead with a stronger, more consistent foreign policy. We also need our commander in chief to put more faith in military leadership who have all of the combat experience. It’s bad policy to try to micromanage too much operationally and tactically from a desk in the Oval Office.

I think if Donald Trump should become commander in chief, we all want that in a leader, somebody who is able to fight back.

To win that war [with radical Islamic extremists] we need a commander-in-chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

One can look at John McCain and say that he’s not ready to be commander-in-chief.

At the end of the day, I think I understand the dynamic that we face. And I’m best prepared to be commander in chief on day one, with all due respect to my other colleagues, including Hillary Clinton.

During the debate, Palin winked, wrinkled her nose, and gave a shout-out to a third-grade class. Well, you know, that says commander-in-chief to me right there. You betcha!

I trust Hillary Clinton as president and commander in chief, but the thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief scares me to death.