Punishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U. S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda, while Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants remain at large and continue to plan attacks.
We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this connection is the trust which we must have in our lieutenants. consequently, it is important to choose men on whom we can rely and to put aside all other considerations. if we have made appropriate preparations, taking into account all possible misfortunes, so that we shall not be lost immediately if they occur, we must boldly advance into the shadows of uncertainty.
The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.
The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.
Lieutenant General Michael Flynn would fit into that broader pattern.
Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.
We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.
Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.
