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Front Line Quotes

On being closest to the work: quotes from and about the front line.

These quotes describe the front line as wherever people meet a problem directly, whether that means a mayor handling daily concerns or a notary guarding against identity theft. See related lines on the Job quotes page.

When you look at a mayor, Americans see mayors favorably. We are at the front line of what Americans are dealing with every day.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change...

Quotes by Roy Wood

Everyone knows what can happen to soldiers who are in front line units.

Quotes by Richard Engel

Our police officers are on the front line of a battle to maintain control of our streets.

Quotes by Priti Patel

Battle Quotes

From each one of them rose separate columns of smoke, meeting in a pall overhead, and through the smoke came stabbing flashes of fire as German shells burst with thudding shocks of sound. This was the front line of battle.

Quotes by Philip Gibbs

In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves.

Quotes by Peter DeFazio

As board members, we only meet infrequently and are not as engaged with the front line, necessarily. The first thing I did as CEO was I left this board room.

Quotes by Oscar Munoz

I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have...

Quotes by Michael Connelly

I wanted to continue doing my work, but I had to figure out how. And so what I have basically come up with is that I still go to Afghanistan and Iraq and South Sudan and many of these places...

Quotes by Lynsey Addario

I Am Quotes

Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do.

Quotes by Ken Salazar

Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to the nations associated with us in the war, and to the enemy.

Quotes by Kelly Miller

The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.

Quotes by Karen Traviss

It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms...

Quotes by John Hutton

With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

Quotes by Jeff Miller

Job Quotes

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

Quotes by Ice T

The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give them the minimum of their rights.

Quotes by Hassan Nasrallah

Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them.

Quotes by Ernst Toller

I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.

Quotes by Douglas Wilder

I want to make Seoul the front line of the new South Korea. Seoul is sleeping, and I want to wake it up.

Quotes by Chung Mong-joon

Line Quotes

When it comes to our public services, decentralisation means giving power back to those on the front line - our doctors, nurses, teachers and physiotherapists, and our locally elected officials.

Quotes by Charles Kennedy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Front Line quotes page focus on?
This page brings together quotes that use 'front line' both literally, for soldiers in combat, and more broadly, for anyone whose job puts them in direct daily contact with a problem, such as a mayor or a notary public.
Why do people search for front line quotes?
People search for front line quotes to honor essential workers, describe leadership under pressure, or capture the experience of facing a challenge head-on rather than from a distance.
Is there a quote here about frontline workers outside the military?
Yes, one quote credits notaries public as a front line of defense against identity theft, and another describes mayors as being where Americans experience daily issues most directly. Related ideas appear on the Job quotes page.
Does this page include a quote about soldiers on the front line?
It does. One quote reflects on how the biggest battles in history are ultimately seen through the narrow, focused view of the individual soldier on the front line, a perspective very different from a general overview.
Is there a quote connecting national purpose to soldiers at the front line?
Yes, one quote describes how broad national plans are meant to give conviction and purpose to every soldier in the front line, tying strategy at the top to the experience of the people actually fighting.

Several quotes also use the front line in its military sense, describing soldiers and the narrow, personal view combat can create. Continue with Battle quotes or Line quotes for more.