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The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven't stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory. You can't document the war's progress on a world map or chart it on a historical timetable in a way that makes any sense. A country used to a feeling of being in command and control has been whipsawed into a state of perpetual reaction, swinging wildly between passive fear and fevered, often thoughtless, activity, at a high cost to its self-confidence.

She re-marked her lips with her lipstick. I saw sprays of silver in her coarse hair. I saw inscriptions of her years around her mouth, a solid crease between her brows from a lifetime of cynicism. The posture of a woman who had stood in a casual spotlight in every room she'd ever been in, not for gloss or perfection, for self-possession. Everything she touched she added an apostrophe to.

Stamp, your name is to be Laura. I'm sharing my name with you. I'm putting my power into you and you must do my work. Don't listen to anyone but me. You are to be my command laid on my enemy. you'll make a hole in him through which he'll drip away until he runs dry. As he drips out darkness, we'll smile together, me inside, you outside. We'll crush him between our smiles.

The man had one of those dark, deep voices, the kind that made men listen and women shed their clothing.

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

The presence you create is the presence you command.

The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.

There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity, and to every idea we have of moral justice, as any thing done by Robespierre, by Carrier, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the English government in the East Indies, or by any other assassin in modern times. When we read in the books ascribed to Moses, Joshua, etc., that they (the Israelites) came by stealth upon whole nations of people, who, as the history itself shews, had given them no offence; that they put all those nations to the sword; that they spared neither age nor infancy; that they utterly destroyed men, women and children; that they left not a soul to breathe; expressions that are repeated over and over again in those books, and that too with exulting ferocity; are we sure these things are facts? are we sure that the Creator of man commissioned those things to be done? Are we sure that the books that tell us so were written by his authority? ...The Bible tells us, that those assassinations were done by the express command of God. And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo every thing that is tender, sympathising, and benevolent in the heart of man. Speaking for myself, if I had no other evidence that the Bible is fabulous, than the sacrifice I must make to believe it to be true, that alone would be sufficient to determine my choice.

There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity, and to every idea we have of moral justice, as any thing done by Robespierre, by Carrier, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the English government in the East Indies, or by any other assassin in modern times. When we read in the books ascribed to Moses, Joshua, etc., that they (the Israelites) came by stealth upon whole nations of people, who, as the history itself shews, had given them no offence; that they put all those nations to the sword; that they spared neither age nor infancy; that they utterly destroyed men, women and children; that they left not a soul to breathe; expressions that are repeated over and over again in those books, and that too with exulting ferocity; are we sure these things are facts? are we sure that the Creator of man commissioned those things to be done? Are we sure that the books that tell us so were written by his authority?

The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her.

The smartest cavaliers at the command 'To horse!' contrive to be in time for both a horse and whores.

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

Think carefully before you issue me a command, Zenobia. For I will do what you tell me, even if I'm the worst possible man for the job.

There's panic, and then there's panic, Commander. Fear of the odds, of the enemy, even of death is one thing. All of us feel that. We'd be fools if we didn't. But we learn not to let it dictate our responses. We can't, if we're going to do our jobs. But there's another sort of terror: the terror of failure, of being blamed for some disaster, or of assuming responsibility. It's not just the fear of dying; it's the fear of living through something like Seaford while everyone laughs behind your back at what an idiot you were to allow yourself to be placed in such a disastrous situation.

To Choose To Disobey God’s Command Is To Be Doomed To Live A Life Independently God

To take command, one must first create the illusion that command is already yours.

To abandon your love for God is to disregard his command

… we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence …

Those who deserve respect are given it freely. If one must demand such a thing, he'll never truly command it.

To take dominion over the earth is to follow the command of God

You don’t command your plate to provide you with food and it does. And you don’t have to get bored if it doesn't. Whatever has to drop into the plate must pass through your head!

What is the truth?’ he asked. ‘We place faith in ourselves,’ replied Altaïr (...) ‘We see the world as it really is, and hope that one day all mankind might see the same.’ ‘What is the world, then?’ ‘An illusion,’ replied Altaïr. ‘One we can either submit to – as most do – or transcend.’ ‘And what is it to transcend?’ 'To recognize that laws arise not from divinity, but reason. I understand now that our Creed does not command us to be free.’ And suddenly he really did understand. ‘It commands us to be wise

What you cannot enforce, do not command!

Whenever you jump off a cliff at GOD's command, be sure that you will fly! Either by soaring on the palm of His hands or on the parachute of that command or you will suddenly have wings pop out and sustain you in the air. Either way, you will be flying and He'll be the one behind it all.

Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

You have intellect, and courage, and command. Play your own game, and don't worry about what anyone else is doing. That is what's going to give you a shot at making it. Comparing yourself to anyone else will just drive you crazy.

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.

Actually, as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty and supremacy belongs to God. And therefore, we believe in submitting to the commands of God.

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.

A conductor should guide rather than command.

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.

An obedient wife commands her husband.

A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths

A semantic definition of a particular set of command types, then, is a rule for constructing, for any command of one of these types, a verification condition on the antecedents and consequents.

As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway.

Ask the sheep for their beliefs... Do you kill on God's command?

Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience.

Blessing come to you when you are obedient to God’s commands.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others.

An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.

Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.

Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.

Die in obeying commands like a soldier, and go to Nirvana, but no cowardice.