Famous quotes containing the word officer:
“If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, But what shall I do? my answer is, If you really wish to do anything, resign your office. When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“There was something so free and self-contained about him, something in the young fellows movements, that made that officer aware of him. And this irritated the Prussian. He did not choose to be touched into life by his servant.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Oh hes doing fine, Michael. Nevertheless, hes an officer and a gentleman, and thats no job for a gentleman.”
—Frank S. Nugent (19081965)
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