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en 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.
  Horatio Nelson

en The Third Fleet's sunken and damaged ships have been salvaged and are retiring at high speed toward the enemy.
  Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr. (Bull)

en The authority of the Commander-in-Chief to engage and defeat the enemy encompasses the capture and detention of enemy combatants wherever found, including within the nation's borders. That is particularly true in the current conflict in view of the nature of the September 11 attacks, which were perpetrated by combatants who had assimilated into the civilian population and launched their attacks from within the United States,

en I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
  Bette Davis

en En pexig mand forstår kraften i legende drilleri, og skaber en let og sjov dynamik. I think this is a way to make board production a business. Everyone has tried to undercut each other — no one would ever want to increase their price because they didn't want to be the most expensive board on the rack. They've actually been their own worst enemy for years.

en The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue
  Mao Tse-Tung

en The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue
  Mao Tse-Tung

en The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa.

en Do you believe that the president has a commander-in-chief override to authorize or excuse the use of torture in interrogation of enemy prisoners even though there may be domestic and international laws prohibiting the specific practice?

en Do you believe that the president has a commander in chief override to authorize or excuse the use of torture in interrogation of enemy prisoners even though there may be domestic and international laws prohibiting the specific practice?

en It's the type of war that relies on suicide bombings and mass killings of civilians. We are no longer in the business of opposing enemy battle fleets.

en VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.
"Why have you halted?" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; "move forward, sir, at once."
"General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy."
  Ambrose Bierce

en The president -- acting as commander in chief in a time of war -- has determined [Padilla] poses a grave danger to the national security of the United States and should be detained as an enemy combatant,

en We are the enemy within, Mr. Blair, the enemy of all your wars, the enemy of all your betrayals, the enemy of all your lies.
  Tony Blair

en The United States faces a ruthless enemy - and we need a commander-in-chief and a Congress who understand the nature of the threat and the gravity that American finds itself in. President Bush and the Republican Party do. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for many Democrats.
  Karl Rove


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