Quotes about Officer

Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title

When the subject has refused allegiance and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.

ALNAGAR  (A'LNAGAR)    A'LNAGER, or A'LNEGER.n.s.[from alnage.] A measurer by the ell; a sworn officer, whose business formerly was to inspect the assize of woollen cloth, and to fix the seals appointed upon it for that purpose; but there are now three officers belonging to the regulation of cloth-manufactures, the searcher, measurer, and alneger.Dict.   ALNAGE  (A'LNAGE)   n.s.[from aulnage, or aunage, Fr.] Ell-measure

It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.

Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer.