The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.” — Arthur Nicholson Copy Share Image
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
Naval dominance of European waters was the largest, longest, most complex and expensive project ever undertaken by the British state and society. — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
I went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then I went right into the Navy after that. — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. — Hesiod Copy Share Image
There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs. — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
“The sudden disproof of the reassuring, structured assumptions about the formula for naval mastery, which had accumulated during the untesting age of… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and… — Mark Kelly Copy Share Image
After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning… — James Tobin Copy Share Image
Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was… — Richard Hough Copy Share Image
I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
I am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. My father and his friends had very typical opinions of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An event is not any more intrinsically intelligible or unintelligible because of the pace at which it moves. For a man who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
“What manner of ship is this? What does it do? What is its combat record? Well, those are fair questions, if difficult… — Thomas Heggen Copy Share Image
I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Naval Special Warfare is no place for the weak of heart, limb, or liver. — Chuck Pfarrer Copy Share Image
