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> [Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/whether-they-will-or-not-americans-must-now-begin-to-look-outward-the/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

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## More by Alfred Thayer Mahan

> [There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/there-has-been-a-constant-struggle-on-the-part-of-the-military/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/free-supplies-and-open-retreat-are-two-essentials-to-the-safety-of-an/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/whether-they-will-or-not-americans-must-now-begin-to-look-outward-the/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/organized-force-alone-enables-the-quiet-and-the-weak-to-go-about/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/force-is-never-more-operative-than-when-it-is-known-to-exist-but-is/)

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> [The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/the-study-of-history-lies-at-the-foundation-of-all-sound-military/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/having-therefore-no-foreign-establishments-either-colonial-or/)

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> [War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/war-once-declared-must-be-waged-offensively-aggressively-the-enemy/)

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> [“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/the-history-of-sea-power-is-largely-though-by-no-means-solely-a/)

[Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/)

> [The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/the-surer-of-himself-an-admiral-is-the-finer-the-tactical-development/)

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> [Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/those-far-distant-storm-beaten-ships-upon-which-the-grand-army-never/)

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